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Ethics in Biomedical Engineering

Who should have access to complex equipment such as life support machines?

• 4 mins

Salt Consumption

An examination of the link between excessive salt consumption and high blood pressure

• 4 mins

Sustainable Future

Simon Levin Professor of Ecology at Princeton describes his vision of a sustainable future

• 4 mins

Economics and Science

The economics of science and the value of pursuit of knowledge

• 4 mins

Public Misconceptions of Science

A discussion of the public mistrust of new areas of science such as genetic engineering

• 4 mins

Nuclear Fusion

How does nuclear fusion use inertial and magnetic confinement for energy?

• 4 mins

Galileo and the Worlds of Science and Religion

The legacy of duality created by Galileo in the spheres of science and religion

• 6 mins

Definition of Health

Has the definition of health changed over time?

• 4 mins

Sex Differences

The biological and evolutionary reasons for differences between the sexes in the workplace

• 3 mins

Women in Scientific Research

Working in scientific research in Russia

• 3 mins

Unweaving the Rainbow

Richard Dawkins discusses his book Unweaving The Rainbow

• 4 mins

Scientific Metaphors

Scientists should be cautious about using metaphors to describe scientific concepts

• 4 mins

The Limits of Science

Science cannot provide the answers to everything

• 4 mins

Biomedical Engineering

Predicting advances in bio-engineering and micro surgery - by 2018 - are we there yet?

• 4 mins

Clean Energy Adoption

How developing countries are adopting clean technologies

• 4 mins

Pollution

Pollution controls - and the lack of enforcement that surrounds laws

• 4 mins

Human Physiological Variations

Temperature, hormone levels and blood pressure all vary over the course of a day

• 4 mins

Millennium Bug

The plausibility of failures on non-Millennium-compliant systems

• 4 mins

Climate Change

Climate change has occurred because of the increases in the emission of greenhouse gases

• 4 mins

What Fascinates us about Science?

What do you love about science?

• 3 mins

Genetics and Patenting

Discussion on the patenting of human genes

• 4 mins

Powers of Science

What are the benefits and limits of science?

• 4 mins

Legumes

There are 900 genera in the legume family and not all of them can fix nitrogen in the soil

• 4 mins

Global Warming

What effect will global warming have on the world?

• 23 mins

Nuclear Energy

Discussion on the range of opinions within different sectors of the nuclear industry

• 23 mins

Genetics

"Everyone came in and looked at the model and said how pretty it was"

• 24 mins

Shipping Traffic

Preventing shipping accidents in the Bosporus straits

• 22 mins

Fluoride

Discussion on the potential benefits and dangers of fluoride

• 23 mins

Stem Cell Research

Is adult stem cell research the way forward?

• 23 mins

Saving Medicinal Plants

Around 250 medicinal plants are considered endangered species - how can we preserve them?

• 24 mins