Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

  • Premiered: Dec 1966
  • Episodes: 286
  • Followers: 4
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Daily at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 2017
2017x1
The Language of Life: Say It With Sound
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 26, 2017
From musical mosquitoes to rumbling elephants, Say It with Sound explores how humans and other animals use noises to communicate. Sophie Scott, a professor of neuroscience at University .. show full overview
2017x2
Silent Messages
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 27, 2017
In this second lecture, Professor Sophie Scott explores the world of silent communication in the animal kingdom and the human world - showing how much we can actually say without ever opening our mouths or making a noise.
2017x3 Season finale
The Word
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Air date
Dec 28, 2017
One skill in particular seems to give humans an advantage over all other animals - our superior talent for language. We have the power to express exactly what's on our minds through .. show full overview

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