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UN Ideas That Changed The World Updated: 2010-09-03 14:06:47 Description: Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and co-ordinator of the UN Intellectual History Project draws on the 17-volume official history of the UN...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jumping about in applied probability Updated: 2010-07-13 14:11:56 Description: Professor Andreas Kyprianou from the Department of Mathematical Sciences gives a gentle introduction to probability theory and its pivotal role in current mathematics research....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Our future: understanding the big picture Updated: 2010-06-25 10:30:27 Description: Dr James Martin, founder of the James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford, explain why decision-makers need to look at the global big picture to avoid world catastrophe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Science of interaction between humans and computers Updated: 2010-06-25 10:30:28 Description: Professor Stephen Payne from the University of Bath, will discuss how his research combines an understanding of the human mind with the design of interactive systems....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Poetry in motion pictures Updated: 2010-06-25 10:30:28 Description: Poet and author Kevan Manwarring looks at poets who have graced the silver screen from Shakespeare to the Beats and the Romantics to Slam....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The history and development of Buddhism Updated: 2010-06-09 10:20:03 Description: Dr Robert Heath, lecturer at the school of management at the University of Bath and study lecturer on Buddhism, talks about the history and development of the religion from its inception in India to the present day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Climate change: challenge or swindle? Updated: 2010-06-04 13:30:21 Description: Reverend Professor Ian James questions whether climate change is a challenge or as swindle and presents some of the certainties, complexities and controversies from the science of climate change....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Devices and Desires Updated: 2010-06-04 13:38:49 Description: Professor Alison Walker, from the University's Department of Physics, looks at how these devices work, how they mimic nature and explain the many novel applications that will change the future of our work and home life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What world do you see? Updated: 2010-06-04 13:47:39 Description: James Alexander, the co-founder of Zopa gives an insight from his business experience, having developed a profitable internet-based business and also a new way of borrowing and lending money....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How crows make tools and other clever tricks Updated: 2010-06-04 14:02:30 Description: Dr Alex Kacelnik from the department of zoology at the UniversityofOxford talks about how crows make tools to find food and explains how animals think...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Sunflower and the rose Updated: 2010-06-04 14:07:25 Description: Freelance garden historian Russell Bowes looks at the hidden meanings in flowers. He asks whether there¿s a deeper significance, spiritually culturally or aesthetically....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The future of brand management Updated: 2010-06-04 14:14:57 Description: Professor Michael Beverland, head of the marketing group at the University of Bath School of Management examines how the marketers behind some of the world¿s most enduring brands are responding to a new environment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An illustrated guide to Armageddon: Britain's Cold War Updated: 2010-05-26 11:11:52 Description: Speaker Bob Clarke looks at the changes in Soviet system over the last 20 years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Smoking still kills: what next for tobacco control? Updated: 2010-05-13 12:53:39 Description: Professor Linda Bauld, Head of the University's Department of Social & Policy Sciences and member of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, outlines the extent of the tobacco epidemic and what can be done to reduce smoking rates further....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nuclear explosives: the technology of destruction Updated: 2010-03-30 09:46:55 Description: Lecturer, writer and editor, Rick Marshall talks about how explosives are made and what to do if they're detonated....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Painted Garden Updated: 2010-03-30 09:46:55 Description: Gardeners and art lovers are invited to look at the history of gardening through a virtual tour of some of the greatest art galleries in the world in a public lecture at the University of Bath on Wednesday 28 October....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD War, Peace and Justice: the dilemmas of International security Updated: 2010-03-24 10:25:23 Description: Prof Adrian Hyde-Price from the University's Department of European Studies & Modern Languages examines the nature and causes of contemporary war and conflict, and considers the prospect of peace in the 21st Century....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Avebury - megaliths and myths Updated: 2010-03-02 10:47:18 Description: Freelance and professional writer Roger Vlitos examines the theories and myths about Avebury....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Have Economists gone mad? Updated: 2009-12-07 17:14:21 Description: Paul Ormerod, the author of three best-selling books on economics talks about what mainstream economists have to say about the turmoil of world economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lady Miller of Batheaston Updated: 2009-11-23 16:07:12 Description: Martin Sturge talks about Lady Anna Miller of Batheaston. Mr Sturge is deeply involved with the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution and sponsored the rebinding of a rare volume of Lady Miller's Poetical Assemblies held in the institution's...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Herschel lecture: The Cosmic Web Updated: 2009-11-23 16:15:54 Description: Professor Peter Coles from the School of Physics & Astronomy at Cardiff University will talk about the large scale structure of the Universe and the ideas that physicists are weaving together to explain how it came to be the way it is....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Family life of birds: sex, conflicts and cooperation Updated: 2009-11-12 13:41:04 Description: Professor Tamas Szekely, from the University of Bath's Department of Biology & Biochemistry, will discuss his research that dispels the harmonious impression of bird families. He will talk about how sex, conflicts and cooperation shape their lives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Intimations of immortality Updated: 2009-11-12 15:51:50 Description: Professor Malcolm Johnson from the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath looks at the changing face of death in an ageing society....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Airfields Updated: 2009-11-06 17:50:02 Description: Author and archaeologist Bob Clarke charts the progress of aviation through airfields and asks why some stations are located where they are. archeology, airfields, WWII, RAF, QinetiQ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Painted Garden Updated: 2009-11-02 14:51:41 Description: Gardeners and art lovers are invited to look at the history of gardening through a virtual tour of some of the greatest art galleries in the world in a public lecture at the University of Bath on Wednesday 28 October....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Assisted dying: rights, choices and palliative care Updated: 2009-10-30 10:24:22 Description: Lord Joel Joffe believes that there is an 'urgent need' to change the law on assisted dying and will argue in his lecture that assisted dying and palliative care are essential and complementary aspects of care for people suffering from painful incura...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD CSI unmasked - the facts about forensics Updated: 2009-10-28 14:48:50 Description: Forensic anthropologist Kathleen Conabree discusses issues surrounding what really goes on at a crime scene and what the term forensic actually means....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cure or weapon? Towards a new ethics of biological research Updated: 2009-10-28 14:48:54 Description: In this Charter Day lecture, Dr Alexander Kelle, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, talks about biological research and its possible applications for good, and ill. Illustrating a track record over a c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Charles Rennie Mackintosh - the Glasgow Legacy Updated: 2009-10-28 14:48:58 Description: Stuart Robertson, the director of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, gives a personal view of the great Scottish architect and designer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BIME Lecture:Against the flow Updated: 2009-10-28 14:49:02 Description: Professor Alan Cottenden, from University College London, describes new technology for managing incontinence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How to amaze your friends Updated: 2009-10-19 15:53:46 Description: Professor Chris Budd from the University of Bath takes mathematics into the dark territory of murder, suicide, love, sex and conquest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bio-technology in Africa Updated: 2009-10-14 16:50:58 Description: Florence Muringi Wambugu talks about the contribution of bio-technology, including GM crops, for improving the sustainable livelihoods of resource poor families in Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD At the court of the great moghul Updated: 2009-10-12 14:24:59 Description: Nicholas Fogg describes life at the Court of the Great Moghul, his campaigns, his foibles and his lasting impact on the history of India....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The psychology of habit Updated: 2009-10-09 13:02:25 Description: Professor Bas Verplanken from the University of Bath talks about the psychology of habit and how much of what we do is done at the same time in the same location....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Showcase presentations: improving health and healthcare Updated: 2008-06-13 16:40:53 Description: Professor Chris Eccleston, Dr Linda Bauld and Professor Chris Garland talk about their research and how it is helping to improve health and healthcare....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Showcase presentation on earthquakes - part 2 Updated: 2009-04-01 16:22:29 Description: Professor Andrew Plummer, Director of the Centre for Power Transmissionand Motion Control, discusses recreating earthquakes in a laboratory to test how buildings perform under extreme conditions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Work after globalisation Updated: 2009-06-25 14:59:39 Description: Professor Guy Standing from the University of Bath talks about work after globalisation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pain science: discovering the limits of experience Updated: 2009-06-30 14:39:42 Description: Members of the new Bath Centre for Pain Research celebrate its launch. The lecture is introduced by Professor Chris Eccleston, the centre's director, and includes an address by Dr Lindsey Cohen and talks by Dr Lance McCracken, Dr Candy McCabe and Dr ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Academics and public policy: a new alignment? Updated: 2009-06-22 15:56:39 Description: Professor Dame Janet Finch talks about how academia and government can work together....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rediscovering the common wealth Updated: 2009-06-02 15:08:44 Description: Professor Geof Wood of the University of Bath investigates our human motivations for sustainable behaviour beyond our own immediate interest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Understanding stem cells, benefits for all? Updated: 2009-05-19 13:41:18 Description: Professor Melanie Welham from the University of Bath's Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology talks about the benefits of stem cells....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Creativity in the face of crisis - How great entrepreneurs rise from recessions Updated: 2009-04-29 16:32:52 Description: David Rogers talks about how entrepreneurs use innovation and creativity to survive and thrive in hard times....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spirit Country Updated: 2009-04-20 15:28:15 Description: Professional photographer Roger Vlitos talks about nature writer Richard Jefferies, who coined the phrase Spirit Country for the west of England countryside that inspired him and many other followers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Showcase presentation on earthquakes - part 1 Updated: 2009-03-30 16:50:45 Description: How vulnerable are our historic buildings to earthquakes and how can we preserve them from seismic tremors? Dr Dina D'Ayala from the University's Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering discusses the development of methods to protect and pre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Holburne Museum and its plans for the future Updated: 2009-04-01 16:22:29 Description: Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director of the Holburne Museum, talks about its plans for the future. He gives an insight into what visitors will be able to see in the renewed museum and the ways in which the development will allow it to play its part to the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How the mind controls the body Updated: 2009-04-03 15:45:37 Description: Dr Momna Hejmadi, from the University of Bath, explores some of the non-conventional patterns of behaviour and links them to how the brain works....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lies, damned lies, and statistics Updated: 2009-04-09 16:05:41 Description: Professor Simon Wood from the University of Bath talks about smoothing, letting data speak without telling it what to say....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How William and Caroline Herschel invented modern astronomy Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Description: Michael Lemonick, a freelance science journalist from Princeton University, looks at the discoveries of William and Caroline Herschel....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The hidden universe Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Description: Dr Glen Patrick of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxford, talks about how its possible to probe the hidden universe and what particle physics can tell us about it's secrets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Muscles from Brussels - a 21st century superpower Updated: 2009-03-09 16:27:16 Description: Professor Richard Whitman from the Department of European Studies & Modern Languages discusses Muscles from Brussels: a 21st Century Superpower. Where does the EU fit in global politics? How do we explain the role that the EU currently plays within i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What can we do about English spelling? Updated: 2009-03-06 17:43:29 Description: Professor John Wells from the Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Science Research Department at University College London discusses whether we are wasting time on irregular spellings and holding our children back with spelling tests....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nanotechnology Updated: 2009-02-20 17:13:58 Description: Richard Jones, professor of Physics at the University of Sheffield, looks at how we can manipulate matter at the level of individual atoms and molecules and the possible impact this will have on advances of medicine, energy and information technology...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Grow your own building from earth, hemp and straw Updated: 2009-09-05 00:00:00 Description: Professor Peter Walker discusses research into new ways of using traditional building materials such as earth, hemp and straw as a greener choice for modern construction. Professor Walker is Director of the BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Mate...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The effect of gravity on light Updated: 2009-02-11 16:26:17 Description: Professor Mark Birkinshaw talks about the effect of gravity on light as part of the 2008 Herschel lecture, named in remembrance of the Bath astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bee decline - Countdown to catastrophe? Updated: 2009-02-04 17:03:18 Description: Stuart Roberts, research fellow at the University of Reading, discusses the decline of bees and its effect on the environment. Evidence is presented on the state and trends of bees, the likely drivers of change and the possible long term effects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paracetamol and over-the-counter medicines - How safe are they? Updated: 2009-09-05 00:00:00 Description: This lecture looks at medicines available over the counter from pharmacies as well as those available from supermarkets, grocery stores and garages. Trained pharmacist Denise Taylor discusses readily available medicines and how safe they are....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stories & visions of Stonehenge Updated: 2009-01-30 17:18:35 Description: Roger Vlitos, writer and photographer, discusses how Stonehenge has been seen in every age, from it's first appearance in medieval manuscripts to the present day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Engineering a better quality of older life Updated: 2009-01-28 17:50:13 Description: Professor Tom Kirkwood, Director of the Institute for Ageing and Health at Newcastle University, explores how the ageing process is influenced by a broad range of lifestyle and environmental factors...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reading for life Updated: 2009-01-26 17:24:26 Description: Dr Jane Davis tells stories about the value of great books in ordinary lives. Jane left school at 16 with 2 GCSEs but now leads an organisation which wants a bigger place in the nation's heart for books and reading. Later in life she returned to ed...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The rise of the Grid & the Large Hadron Collider Updated: 2009-01-23 17:58:58 Description: Particle Physicist Dr Glenn Patrick talks about the Large Hadron Collider. Based at CERN, in Geneva, the collider is the largest scientific machine in the world. It started operation in the summer of 2008 and aims to produce colossal amounts of dat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Regenerative medicine: from stem cells to lab-grown tissues and beyond Updated: 2008-06-13 16:40:53 Description: Professor Melanie Welham and Dr Paul De Bank from the University's department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology talk about stem cell research and regenerative medicine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From cathedrals to cars and planes: representations in engineering design Updated: 2008-07-15 14:30:44 Description: Professor Chris McMahon, from the University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, considers some of the most complex design challenges faced by engineers through the ages, from designing ships in the 17th century, to the modern computer-assisted d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The science of death Updated: 2008-06-02 14:20:31 Description: Professor Allan Kellehear from the Centre for Death & Society at the University of Bath talks about the point of death and organ retention....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Modern death, millennial mourning: the challenge of 21st century grief Updated: 2008-04-07 16:40:11 Description: Dr Sandra Gilbert, Professor Emerita of English at the University of California, Davis, outlines the challenges of 21st century grief....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The William Herschel Lecture: Planets and life beyond the solar system Updated: 2005-11-23 09:28:07 Description: As scientists scour the heavens for signs of planets that could provide a habitat for alien life forms, Professor Barrie Jones from the Open University describes what astronomers are looking for and assesses the chances of finding intelligent life be...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dead sexy: The corpse is the new "porn star" of pop culture Updated: 2006-02-08 09:28:12 Description: The media's interest in death and dying is making the corpse the new "porn star" of popular culture, says Professor Jacque Lynn Foltyn from the National University, California. Organised by the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ethnic Conflicts Updated: 2006-02-15 10:59:09 Description: Ethnic conflicts have turned many parts of the world into war zones. Stefan Wolff, professor of political science at the University of Bath, explains why nationalism and ethnicity are still such powerful mobilising forces in turning neighbour against...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The dangers of a divided world Updated: 2006-02-23 10:59:14 Description: The UK is part of the problem when it comes to a world divided by poverty, but it could become part of the solution, according to Clare Short MP, former cabinet minister for international development....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stem cells and tissue engineering Updated: 2006-03-01 10:59:19 Description: Stem cells and tissue engineering offer great potential for treating a variety of human diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Julian Chaudhuri, from the Department of Chemical Engineering, describes how research at the University of Bath i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why does a ball bounce? Updated: 2006-03-08 10:59:24 Description: TV presenter Adam Hart-Davis answers a range of everyday questions through the use of science. Organised as part of National Science Week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pain and Suffering: Studying the human condition Updated: 2006-03-15 10:59:29 Description: Pain is an important condition that interrupts the flow of daily life - particularly for those with chronic or persistent pain. Professor Chris Eccleston from the Pain Management Unit at the University of Bath talks about the treatments developed in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sunspots and climate change Updated: 2006-03-15 11:01:58 Description: For thousands of years astronomers have studied the sun to try and work out how it influences the life on earth. Professor Joanna Haigh from Imperial College London looks at the evidence for an influence of the sun on the lower atmosphere, and discus...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why is poverty persistent? Updated: 2006-03-16 11:02:03 Description: Despite the last fifty years of debate and policy making, poverty is still rife in the world. In a lecture organised by the University of Bath and the Royal Society of the Arts, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes looks at poverty in both the developed an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meteors and the edge of space Updated: 2006-03-29 10:02:08 Description: Professor Nick Mitchell from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering describes research at the University of Bath that uses meteors - 'shooting stars' - to study the edge of space....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SatNav for the immune system Updated: 2006-04-26 10:02:13 Description: Professor Steve Ward from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath describes research into the chemical processes that control inflammation in the immune system that could help develop new treatments for diseases includin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Taking a stand on race Updated: 2006-05-04 10:02:18 Description: Professor Gus John - one of the country's leading commentators on British race relations - talks about his recently-launched book, Taking a Stand, in which he calls for a radical revaluation of Government policy to improve race relations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The extraordinary life of John Herschel Updated: 2006-09-14 11:26:40 Description: The 2006 Herschel lecture by Professor Brian Warner, University of Cape Town, explores the life of John Herschel, described as the 'first modern scientist', and the son of Bath's famous astronomer William Herschel....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Astronomy and poetry Updated: 2006-10-18 10:03:15 Description: World-renowned physicist, Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, looks at how poetry portrays astronomy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From Rasputin to Putin and back again Updated: 2006-11-01 11:03:20 Description: Professor David Gillespie, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, explores Russian culture and the country's search for a national identity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right Updated: 2006-11-06 11:03:25 Description: Steve Jones, professor of genetics at University College London, describes why he believes that creationism is wrong and evolution is right at a lecture organised by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listening to global women's voices: reflections on interfaith dialogue Updated: 2006-11-06 11:03:30 Description: Professor Ursula King talks about how women across the world are reinterpreting their religious traditions through dialogue with people from different faiths....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life and death in the Neolithic Cotswolds Updated: 2006-11-22 11:03:35 Description: Dr Nick Snashall, National Trust archaeologist for Avebury, describes how a fresh look at the Neolithic Cotswolds brings to light how its people lived their lives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stabilising peace in a troubled world Updated: 2006-11-23 11:07:36 Description: Lord Paddy Ashdown - former High Representative in the successful reconstruction of Bosnia and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats - severely criticises the reconstruction of Iraq, calling it a 'catastrophic failure' in which 'daily carnage' is ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vortex flows: from insects to aircraft Updated: 2007-01-31 11:07:41 Description: Professor Ismet Gursul talks about his research into the most efficient wing structure for a tiny aircraft. He has found this is similar to the structure of insect wings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Religion and conflict in Northern Ireland Updated: 2007-02-08 11:07:46 Description: Duncan Morrow shares his experiences of working in the community, including as Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council which funds and develops inter-community relations practice and policy in Northern Ireland....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The man in the woollen mask Updated: 2007-02-21 11:07:51 Description: Dr Adrian Scott, from the University's Department of Psychology, considers the fallibility of human memory and how past experience and knowledge of the world influence recollection....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Issues in Foreign Policy: Changes in World Power Updated: 2007-02-23 11:07:57 Description: Lord Rees-Mogg, former Editor of The Times, gives a free public lecture on the changing international scene....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Evolution & the Social Sciences Updated: 2007-03-14 11:08:38 Description: Leading figures from a range of social science disciplines discuss whether the theory of natural selection has anything to offer present-day students of cultures and societies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People Updated: 2007-04-18 10:08:44 Description: Paul Stallard, Professor of Child & Family Mental Health at the University of Bath and a chartered clinical psychologist with the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Care Partnership Trust, describes CBT, its use with children and young people and takes a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Clean Energy Materials: Crystal Gazing on the Atomic Scale Updated: 2007-04-25 10:08:49 Description: Professor Saiful Islam, of the University's Department of Chemistry, gives a flavour of the fascinating chemistry behind green technologies such as hybrid petrol-electric cars and fuel cells...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rocks, Water but no Life? Updated: 2007-07-31 10:08:54 Description: Philippe Blondel from the University's Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences takes a planetary journey through the solar system and discusses whether the discovery of water means there must be life on other planets...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sustainable Energy brings Power to the People Updated: 2007-09-03 10:08:59 Description: Professor Matthew Davidson, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath, describes how the development of biodiesel catalysts, fuel cell materials and solar cells could one day help mitigate many of the problems caused by burning fossi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifty years since Sputnik Updated: 2007-10-08 10:16:03 Description: Award-winning space historian, Piers Bizony, presents an illustrated account of the Space Age, from the first tiny satellites to America's colossal project to land men on the moon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The science of the swerving free kick Updated: 2007-10-10 10:16:09 Description: Dr Ken Bray, from the Sport & Exercise Science group in the University's School for Health, reveals the science behind the swerving free kick, using scientific videos and match footage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds Updated: 2007-10-13 10:16:14 Description: In this Charter Day lecture, Professor Tamas Szekely, from the University of Bath's Department of Biology & Biochemistry, talks about conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lowering our carbon footprint Updated: 2007-10-24 10:16:19 Description: Professor Geoff Hammond, Director of the interdisciplinary International Centre for the Environment (ICE) at the University of Bath, looks at the global challenges and local opportunities for lowering our carbon footprint....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Physical activity, obesity and health Updated: 2007-11-14 11:16:24 Description: Professor Steven Blair, from the University of South Carolina, USA, talks about the causes of the obesity epidemic in the US, the relationship between weight and fitness levels, and the importance of physical activity in a healthy lifestyle....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The history of death and dying Updated: 2007-11-19 11:46:35 Description: Professor Allan Kellehear, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath's Centre for Death & Society, gives an overview of the changing attitudes and behaviour of human beings and other hominids in their response to death, dying and loss over the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank, 50 years old and poised for the future Updated: 2007-11-20 11:46:40 Description: Professor Phil Diamond, Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, talks about the research activities at the observatory, home to one of the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescopes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The utility of force Updated: 2007-11-26 14:46:20 Description: General Sir Rupert Smith, the general who commanded the British Armoured Division in the first Gulf war and led the UN protection force in Bosnia, questions how military force is used to solve political problems....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How the human genome project reveals our evolutionary past Updated: 2008-03-11 15:16:00 Description: Dr Steve Dorus from the Department of Biology & Biochemistry reveals how cataloguing the DNA blueprint of humans is revealing the evolution of human traits....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 037 - The utility of force - Rupert Smith - 26/11/2007 Updated: 2007-11-26 15:55:00 Description: General Sir Rupert Smith, the general who commanded the British Armoured Division in the first Gulf war and led the UN protection force in Bosnia, questions how military force is used to solve political problems....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 036 - Radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank, 50 years old and poised for the future - Philip Diamond - 20/11/2007 Updated: 2007-11-20 12:05:00 Description: Professor Phil Diamond, Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, talks about the research activities at the observatory, home to one of the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescopes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 035 - The history of death and dying - Allan Kellehear - 19/11/2007 Updated: 2007-11-19 16:48:00 Description: Professor Allan Kellehear, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath's Centre for Death & Society, gives an overview of the changing attitudes and behaviour of human beings and other hominids in their response to death, dying and loss over the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 034 - Physical activity, obesity and health - Steven Blair - 22/10/2007 Updated: 2007-11-14 18:02:00 Description: Professor Steven Blair, from the University of South Carolina, USA, talks about the causes of the obesity epidemic in the US, the relationship between weight and fitness levels, and the importance of physical activity in a healthy lifestyle....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 033 - Lowering our carbon footprint - Geoff Hammond - 24/10/2007 Updated: 2007-11-05 14:07:50 Description: Professor Geoff Hammond, Director of the interdisciplinary International Centre for the Environment (ICE) at the University of Bath, looks at the global challenges and local opportunities for lowering our carbon footprint....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 032 - Conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds - Tamas Szekely - 13/10/2007 Updated: 2007-10-18 12:45:45 Description: In this Charter Day lecture, Professor Tamas Szekely, from the University of Bath's Department of Biology & Biochemistry, talks about conflict and cooperation in the family life of birds....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 030 - Fifty years since Sputnik - Piers Bizony - 08/10/07 Updated: 2007-10-11 14:01:20 Description: Award-winning space historian, Piers Bizony, presents an illustrated account of the Space Age, from the first tiny satellites to America's colossal project to land men on the moon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 031 - The science of the swerving free kick - Ken Bray - 10/10/07 Updated: 2007-10-11 17:39:40 Description: Dr Ken Bray, from the Sport & Exercise Science group in the University's School for Health, reveals the science behind the swerving free kick, using scientific videos and match footage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 029 - Sustainable Energy brings Power to the People - Matthew Davidson - 03/09/07 Updated: 2007-09-03 16:48:40 Description: Professor Matthew Davidson, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath, describes how the development of biodiesel catalysts, fuel cell materials and solar cells could one day help mitigate many of the problems caused by burning fossi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 028 - Rocks, Water but no Life? - Philippe Blondel - 12/02/07 Updated: 2007-08-08 15:02:55 Description: Philippe Blondel from the University's Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences takes a planetary journey through the solar system and discusses whether the discovery of water means there must be life on other planets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 027 - Clean Energy Materials: Crystal Gazing on the Atomic Scale - Saiful Islam - 25/04/07 Updated: 2007-05-14 12:10:00 Description: Professor Saiful Islam, of the University's Department of Chemistry, gives a flavour of the fascinating chemistry behind green technologies such as hybrid petrol-electric cars and fuel cells....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 026 - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People - Paul Stallard - 18/04/07 Updated: 2007-05-08 17:45:20 Description: Paul Stallard, Professor of Child&Family Mental Health at the University of Bath and a chartered clinical psychologist with the Avon&Wiltshire Mental Health Care Partnership Trust, describes CBT, its use with children and young people and takes a cri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 024 - Issues in Foreign Policy: Changes in World Power - Lord Rees-Mogg - 23/02/07 Updated: 2007-03-23 14:32:30 Description: Lord Rees-Mogg, former Editor of The Times, gives a free public lecture on the changing international scene....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 025 - Evolution&the Social Sciences - Various Speakers - 14/03/07 Updated: 2007-03-23 16:38:42 Description: Leading figures from a range of social science disciplines discuss whether the theory of natural selection has anything to offer present-day students of cultures and societies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 022 - Religion and conflict in Northern Ireland - Duncan Morrow - 08/02/07 Updated: 1969-12-31 23:59:59 Description: Duncan Morrow shares his experiences of working in the community, including as Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council which funds and develops inter-community relations practice and policy in Northern Ireland....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 023 - The man in the woollen mask - Adrian Scott - 21/02/07 Updated: 2007-03-06 18:17:15 Description: Dr Adrian Scott, from the University’s Department of Psychology, considers the fallibility of human memory and how past experience and knowledge of the world influence recollection....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 021 - Vortex flows: from insects to aircraft - Ismet Gursul - 31/01/07 Updated: 2007-02-02 14:15:00 Description: Professor Ismet Gursul talks about his research into the most efficient wing structure for a tiny aircraft. He has found this is similar to the structure of insect wings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 015 - Astronomy and poetry - Jocelyn Bell Burnell - 18/10/06 Updated: 2006-12-13 12:30:00 Description: World-renowned physicist, Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, looks at how poetry portrays astronomy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 016 - Russian identity - David Gillespie - From Rasputin to Putin and back again - 01/11/06 Updated: 2006-11-09 10:45:00 Description: Professor David Gillespie, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies&Modern Languages, explores Russian culture and the country's search for a national identity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 017 - Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right - Steve Jones - 06/11/06 Updated: 2006-11-10 12:03:11 Description: Steve Jones, professor of genetics at University College London, describes why he believes that creationism is wrong and evolution is right at a lecture organised by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 018 - Listening to global women’s voices: reflections on interfaith dialogue - Ursula King - 06/11/06 Updated: 2006-12-13 12:30:00 Description: The growth of interfaith dialogue has created a new dynamic for religions and opened up questions for theological and spiritual reflection, but it still remains largely shaped by patriarchy. In official inter- religious dialogue it is always men in t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 019 - Life and death in the Neolithic Cotswolds - Nick Snashall - 22/11/06 Updated: 2006-12-13 12:30:00 Description: A fresh look at the Neolithic Cotswolds brings to light how its people lived their lives...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 020 - Stabilising peace in a troubled world - Lord Paddy Ashdown - 23/11/06 Updated: 2006-11-24 14:45:00 Description: Lord Paddy Ashdown - former High Representative in the successful reconstruction of Bosnia and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats - severely criticises the reconstruction of Iraq, calling it a ‘catastrophic failure’ in which ‘daily carnage’ is ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 016 - Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right - Steve Jones - 06/11/06 Updated: 2006-11-10 12:03:11 Description: Steve Jones, professor of genetics at University College London, describes why he believes that creationism is wrong and evolution is right at a lecture organised by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 015 - Russian identity - David Gillespie - From Rasputin to Putin and back again - 01/11/06 Updated: 2006-11-09 10:45:00 Description: Professor David Gillespie, from the University of Bath's Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, explores Russian culture and the country's search for a national identity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 014-JohnHerschel-Brian Warner - Herschel lecture on the astronomer's son 14/9/06 Updated: 2006-09-29 11:11:11 Description: The 2006 Herschel lecture by Professor Brian Warner, University of Cape Town, explores the life of John Herschel, described as the 'first modern scientist', and the son of Bath's famous astronomer William Herschel. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 013-TakingaStand-Gus John - Stand for something or fall to everything 4/5/06 Updated: 2006-09-15 10:22:21 Description: Professor Gus John - one of the country’s leading commentators on British race relations - talks about his recently-launched book, Taking a Stand, in which he calls for a radical revaluation of Government policy to improve race relations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 012 - ImmuneSystem - Stephen Ward - SatNav for the immune system 26/4/06 Updated: 2006-09-11 10:43:21 Description: Professor Steve Ward from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath describes research into the chemical processes that control inflammation in the immune system that could help develop new treatments for diseases includin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 011- EdgeofSpace-Nick Mitchell - Meteors and the edge of space 29/3/06 Updated: 2006-09-08 15:46:21 Description: Professor Nick Mitchell from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering describe s research at the University of Bath that uses meteors - “shooting stars” - to study the edge of space....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 009 - Poverty - Lord Desai - Why is poverty persistent? 16/3/06 Updated: 2006-07-25 11:17:21 Description: Despite the last fifty years of debate and policy making, poverty is still rife in the world. In a lecture organised by the University of Bath and the Royal Society of the Arts, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes looks at poverty in both the developed a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 008-Sun & Climate-Joanna Haigh - Solar variability & climate change 15/3/06 Updated: 2006-07-18 11:17:21 Description: For thousands of years astronomers have studied the sun to try and work out how it influences the life on earth. Professor Joanna Haigh from Imperial College London looks at the evidence for an influence of the sun on the lower atmosphere, and discu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 007 - Pain and Suffering - Chris Eccleston - Studying the human condition 15/3/06 Updated: 2006-06-20 10:31:21 Description: Pain is an important condition that interrupts the flow of daily life - particularly for those with chronic or persistent pain. Professor Chris Eccleston from the Pain Management Unit at the University of Bath talks about the treatments developed in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 006 - A Scientific Eye - Adam Hart-Davis - Extracts from his book, Why does a ball bounce? 8/3/06 Updated: 2006-06-13 10:13:21 Description: TV presenter Adam Hart-Davis answers a range of everyday questions through the use of science. Organised as part of National Science Week. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 005-Tissue Engineering - Julian Chaudhuri - A path to a far mountain - Stem cell culture and tissue engineering 1/3/06 Updated: 2006-06-07 14:57:21 Description: Stem cells and tissue engineering offer great potential for treating a variety of human diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.Julian Chaudhuri, from the Department of Chemical Engineering, describes how research at the University of Bath is...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 004-Divided World-Clare Short - The dangers of a broken multilateral system in a bitterly divided world 23/02/06 Updated: 2006-05-25 14:20:21 Description: The UK is part of the problem when it comes to a world divided by poverty, but it could become part of the solution, according to Clare Short MP, former cabinet minister for international development....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 003-Ethnic Conflicts-Stefan Wolff - Why people keep killing each other and what we can do about it 15/02/06 Updated: 2006-05-08 14:20:21 Description: Ethnic conflicts have turned many parts of the world into war zones. Stefan Wolff, professor of political science at the University of Bath, explains why nationalism and ethnicity are still such powerful mobilising forces in turning neighbour against...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 001-Alienlife-Barrie Jones - William Herschel Lecture: Planets and life beyond the solar system 23/11/05 Updated: 2005-12-06 14:20:21 Description: As scientists scour the heavens for signs of planets that could provide a habitat for alien life forms, Professor Barrie Jones from the Open University describes what astronomers are looking for and assesses the chances of finding intelligent life b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 002-Deadsexy-Jacque Lynn-Foltyn - Corpse is the new porn star of popular culture 08/02/06 Updated: 2006-02-08 14:20:21 Description: The media’s interest in death and dying is making the corpse the new “porn star” of popular culture, says Professor Jacque Lynn Foltyn from the National University, California. Organised by the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Ba...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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