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Every species seems beautifully adapted to its way of life, so why do species ever change? Enrico Coen gives the 2017 JSB Haldane Lecture. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/2qj89q3k7U0 Enrico Coen discusses how studying the snapdragon flower and its wild relatives is providing fresh answers to questions about adaptive change and population transformation. He will show how genes and environment interact to drive populations to explore new evolutionary paths. Enrico Coen is a biologist who studies the mechanisms used by plants to create complex and varied flower structures. Enrico combines molecular, genetic and imaging studies with population and ecological models and computational analysis to understand flower development. This talk was recorded in the Royal Institution on 21 November 2017. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

In billions of years, the sun will expand to engulf the Earth and life on this planet will become impossible. But there a™’s space debris and space situational awareness activities. He is also a member of the UK's delegation to the UN Space Mission Planning Advisory Group, a roundtable of experts who discuss how to prepare an international response to near Earth objects (ie asteroids). This talk was filmed at the Royal Institution on 28 June 2017. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

In 2012, the announcement of the Higgs boson made headlines around the world. But what has’

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There is increasing evidence on how our gut microbiome plays an integral role in our overall health, but how do microbes even survive the stomach when the acids and enzymes attack everything that reaches it? Jon answers questions from the comment section. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Check out the original talk that sparked the question and this video: https://youtu.be/xlEFI5A3QFM The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

Astrophysicist Jen Gupta explores views of the Universe at wavelengths other than visible light, from fa–

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Crows are known as some of the best problem solvers of the animal kingdom. In this clip from the 2017 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, Sophie Scott sets Brann the raven a tough puzzle. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: https://youtu.be/ZP05sX5aevk The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

How do we know anything? And how can we know things better? Michael de Podesta explains why measurement is so important. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Measurement is at the heart of all scientific endeavours. And underpinning every measurement is the International System of Units – ‘The SI’. In 2019 the world will change its definition of four key SI units, including the unit of mass (the kilogram) and temperature (the kelvin and the degree Celsius). Instead of defining these units in terms of arbitrary standards, we will switch to making measurements based on the natural constants of the world around us. Michael de Podesta's is a scientist at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL). His wide-ranging research interests concern all aspects of temperature measurement: from building the most accurate thermometer ever made; to developing industrial sensors capable of surviving harsh conditions; to measuring the temperature underneath the wheel of a train travelling at over one hundred miles per hour; to representing NPL on the steering committee of the International Surface Temperature Initiative. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

Apes can learn human sign language but how do they communicate with each other in the wild? Sophie Scott and Cat Hobaite

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What is the universe made of? Join pioneering physicist Jon Butterworth as he sets out explore the standard model and the exciting world of particle physics. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/l3ixmIpUsBo Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Jon's book "A Map of the Invisible: Journeys into Particle Physics" is available now - https://geni.us/6meFyTB Watch Jon's first Ri talk Smashing Physics: https://youtu.be/aN4zmEY9i_U Come on a journey into the world of the unseen in search of atoms and quarks, electrons and neutrinos, the forces that shape the universe and the mysterious territory currently being explored at the energy frontier. Jon Butterworth is the head of Physics and Astronomy at UCL. He works on the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider and has written several books on particle physics. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

How are smoke rings formed? Natasha heads to the prep room to test out air cannons. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe A toroidal vortex ring is formed when a fast moving fluid moves through a relatively still other or different fluid. For example, smoke rings blown through air, or bubble rings in water. In our cannon example, to start with, the smoke is basically a fast moving ball. As it emerges through the opening, the smoke outside of the ball is being slowed down because of the friction between it and the edges of the hole. Once it leaves the cannon, there is friction at the interface between the smoke and the air in the room. The smoke in the centre of the ball is moving faster than the smoke around the edges, so the smoke on the edges starts to curl around and form a mushroom cloud. As the smoke reaches the back of the cloud, it’s drawn into the faster moving current of air in the centre. It’s this flow pattern that eventually causes the ring to form. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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What can modern results in astrobiology tell us about the prospects for finding intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The famous Drake equation, which provides a rough estimate of the number of civilisations in our galaxy, predicts that space should be teaming with aliens. So where are they and why have we not found them yet? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/l7Xh_aphD30

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Are your genes to blame when your jeans don't fit? Giles Yeo explores the role of genetics in appetite control and obesity. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Giles' book "Gene Eating" is available now - https://geni.us/jnNxw0p Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/bhmpsxXIi_U While the obesity epidemic is a contemporary problem, undoubtedly due to changes in our lifestyle and in the types of food we eat, differences in our genetic make-up mean some of us eat more than others. Join geneticist and neuroscientist Giles Yeo as he discusses how we use genetics as a tool to understand the biological variation in appetite control. Giles Yeo is a neuroscientist and geneticist at the University of Cambridge. He is a Principal Research Associate and group leader at the University Metabolic Research Labs, studying brain control of food intake and bodyweight. He is also director of the Genomics and Transcriptomics core facility. This talk and Q&A were filmed in the Ri on 26 January 2018. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

Quantum technology has the potential to revolutionise whole fields of computing; from cryptography to molecular ’’s research focuses on quantum computing, algorithms, and complexity theory. He co-developed the area of quantum communication complexity (quantum distributed computing), and demonstrated for the first time that certain communication tasks can be solved (exponentially) more efficient with quantum resources. This showed that quantum computers can not only speed up computations, but also communication – which opened up a whole new application area of quantum information processing. Buhrman co-developed a general method to establish the limitations of quantum computers, and a framework for the study of quantum algorithms, which is now textbook material. In 2001, Harry Buhrman became professor of algorithms, complexity theory, and quantum computing at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and group leader of the Quantum Computing Group at the Center for Mathematics and Informatics (CWI). Buhrman co-founded QuSoft in 2015, a research center for quantum software, for which he is also co-director. During his career, Buhrman obtained various prestigious awards. Buhrman also has a leading role in the national Quantum Software Consortium that was awarded an NWO Gravity grant in 2017.” The event is chaired by award-winning science writer Philip Ball, whose latest book is entitled 'Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics Is Different.' The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

What can neuroscience tell us about the subjective experience of remembering, the feeling of reliving a memory? Cognitive neuroscientist Jon Simons considers the latest evidence. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/QPuOr6_4GhA The ability to remember personally experienced events in vivid, multisensory detail makes an immensely important contribution to our lives, allowing us to re-live each moment of a previous encounter and providing us with the store of precious memories that form the building blocks of who we are. Such remembering involves reactivating sensory and perceptual features of an event, and the thoughts and feelings we had when the event occurred, integrating them into a conscious first-person experience. It allows us to make judgments about the things we remember, such as distinguishing events that actually occurred from those we might have imagined or been told about. Although a great deal is known about the cognitive and neural processes that enable us to recall a word list, for example, considerably less is known about the processes underlying the subjective experience of remembering. Jon Simons is a reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge University. His research investigates the role of brain regions such as the frontal, medial temporal, and parietal lobes in human memory. His research in the laboratory uses a number of methods, including behavioural studies, functional neuroimaging (fMRI), electrophysiology (EEG/MEG), and brain stimulation (TMS/tDCS). This talk and Q&A were filmed at the Ri on 23 March 2018. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

According to Euclidean geometry the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees. Philip Morrison shows an example of where this isn't true, and non-Euclidean geometry applies. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels/the-world-of-captain-gulliver?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Philip Morrison's Christmas Lectures in 1968 focussed on the importance of scale in science. Taking inspiration from Dean Swift's Gulliver in the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag , we go on a journey from the fundamental building blocks of the universe to the stellar size of of our galaxy. In the first lecture we examine some of the smallest and largest objects ever made by man. Among the topics covered are the simple artihmetic of large and small numbers, geometry of size itself, and the nature of length, area, and volume. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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The mathematicians of Lilliput assumed that Gulliver would need 1728 times as much food as an individual Lilliput. Philip Morrison shows why this is not true, using surface area to volume ratios. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels/meat-and-drink-sufficient?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Philip Morrison's Christmas Lectures in 1968 focussed on the importance of scale in science. Taking inspiration from Dean Swift's Gulliver in the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag , we go on a journey from the fundamental building blocks of the universe to the stellar size of of our galaxy. In his second lecture Philip Morrison looks at how big and small systems operate differently, on a chemical, biological and physical level. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

If we could build a particle collider so large that it stretches around the moon, what physics could we uncover? James Beacham takes us on a tour of particle physics. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe --- We want to thank our Patreon supporters who help us bring you videos like this: Alan Delos Santos, Ashok Bommisetti, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan and Will Knott. --- The Large Hadron Collider switched on in 2015 at the highest energy ever, re-creating the conditions of the universe as they were just a fraction of a second after the Big Bang, and what physicists are learning so far is that our universe seems to be … extremely odd. But to know exactly how odd it is we need to build a bigger collider, to get even closer to the moment of the Big Bang. How big do we need to go? Join particle physicist James Beacham as he explores what we would likely learn from a hadron collider around the moon, such as whether we live in a multiverse — and what this means for society. James Beacham is a post-doctoral researcher with The Ohio State University, based full-time at CERN, where he is a member of the ATLAS Experiment collaboration, one of the two teams that discovered the Higgs boson in 2012. His research focuses on finding explanations for some of the key unsolved mysteries of the universe, like determining what dark matter is, whether the Higgs boson is standard or not-so-standard, why gravity is so weak compared to the other forces of nature, and whether there are hidden, dark sector forces out there that we've yet to uncover in collider experiments. This talk and Q&A was filmed at the Ri on 27 March 2018. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/tYBv_Vk8WkU --- Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/e

Just like the extent of the swing of a pendulum is proportional to the

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What's the relationship of a resistors size to its electrical resistance? And how does resistance change when resistors are set in a series or in parallel? Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels/lilliput-and-brobdingnag?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Philip Morrison gave the 1968 Christmas Lectures "Gulliver's Travels" which focused on the importance of scale in science. Taking inspiration from Dean Swift's Gulliver in the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag , we go on a journey from the fundamental building blocks of the universe to the stellar size of of our galaxy. In his fourth lecture, Philip Morrison imagines how our technology might operate differently if it was made by and for people significantly smaller or bigger than us. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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Philip Morrison uses a microscope and a model made of small ball bearings and a magnetic field to demonstrate Brownian motion. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels/dwarf-and-giant-numbers?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

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What are the similarities and differences between pendulums and spring oscillators? Watch the full lecture:http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels/beyond-the-map?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Philip Morrison gave the 1968 Christmas Lectures "Gulliver's Travels" which focused on the importance of scale in science. Taking inspiration from Dean Swift's Gulliver in the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag , we go on a journey from the fundamental building blocks of the universe to the stellar size of of our galaxy. In his sixth lecture, Philip Morrison looks at the form and function of a simple vibrator at various scales. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1968/gullivers-travels?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

What's going on in Tourette's? Does the etymology of swear words explain why we find them derogatory today? Emma Byrne answers audience questions following her talk. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Emma's book "Swearing is Good for You" is out now - https://geni.us/Ttxi5M Emma Byrne is an honest-to-goodness robot scientist who, when she’s not developing intelligent systems, writes for Forbes, the FT and Global Business Magazine. She also frequently appears on Sky News and the BBC talking about the future of artificial intelligence and robotics. This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 8 February 2018. --- Thank you for our Patreon supporters who help us make more videos like this: Ashok Bommisetti, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

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How can machines and humans come together to achieve new feats? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/Ri‘’, human wellbeing & performance in a digitally disrupted world & methods to facilitate more sustainable high-performance for knowledge workers. Karina Vold specializes in Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Cognitive Science. She received her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Toronto and her PhD in Philosophy from McGill University. An award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada helped support her doctoral research. She has been a visiting scholar at Ruhr University, a fellow at Duke University, and a lecturer at Carleton University. Martha Imprialou is a Principal Data Scientist at QuantumBlack. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/WNHy6Fqc4xg This event was supported by QuantumBlack and was filmed in the Ri at 16 May 2018. The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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Our experience of colour is a based on the physics of light, but Andrew Han’’s National Measurement Institute and is past Chairman of the Colour Group of Great Britain. This talk was filmed in the Ri on 19 March 2018. --- Thank you for our Patreon supporters who help us make more videos like this: Ashok Bommisetti, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInsti... and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-po... Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

RV Jones demonstrates the hottest spy gadget in espionage stories at the time - a laser eavesdropper. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1981/from-magna-carta-to-microchip/more-and-more-about-less-and-less?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description RV Jones gave the 1981 Christmas Lectures "From Magna Carta to Microchip" which explores what measurement is, the principles by which measurements can be made, and why their applications have been of so much importance in the advance of science and in the development of technology In his third lecture, RV Jones looks at measurement on a very small scale.

In the future, solid objects will react, sense, change and move according to their surroun’‘smart materials’. These are metals, plastics, fabrics and fluids that react to the outside world without any human involvement, and they promise to change the way we live. Anna Ploszajski is an award-winning materials scientist, engineer and communicator, and in 2017 was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Royal Academy of Engineering. She is a proud member of the Science Showoff Talent Factory and regularly performs stand-up comedy about materials and engineering as part of Science Showoff at venues from the local pub to the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2017 she was a FameLab national finalist. This talk was filmed in the Ri on 19 March 2018. --- Thank you for our Patreon supporters who help us make more videos like this: Ashok Bommisetti, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInsti... and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-po... Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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How to keep an eye on intruders in total darkness? RV Jones gets a helping hand from an infrared camera. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1981/from-magna-carta-to-microchip/measurement-and-navigation-in-war?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description RV Jones gave the 1981 Christmas Lectures "From Magna Carta to Microchip" which explores what measurement is, the principles by which measurements can be made, and why their applications have been of so much importance in the advance of science and in the development of technology In his fifth lecture, RV Jones looks investigates that both in peace and in war men need to know where they are on the surface of the earth, and – nowadays – in space.. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1981/from-magna-carta-to-microchip?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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Thr golden angle is a mathematical concept, closely related to the golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers. Where can you find it and how is it formed? Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1997/the-magical-maze/sunflowers-and-snowflakes?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Ian Stewart gave the 1997 Christmas Lectures "The Magical Maze" about hows how maths governs almost every aspect of our lives, ranging from our birthdays to American game shows, calling in at panthers, petals, and the logic of chaos. In his first lecture, he looks at how mathematics binds everything in our universe together. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1997/the-magical-maze?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

The brain is the most complex structure in the Universe, and neurologist–– to deduce the anatomical location of the areas causing their seizures. Only then does she have a chance of offering them any treatment, and hopefully a cure. Suzanne O'Sullivan qualified in medicine in 1991 from Trinity College Dublin. She is trained in both neurology and clinical neurophysiology. She has been a consultant since 2004 and has been at The National Hospital for Neurology and The Epilepsy Society since 2011. Her specialist interests are in epilepsy and in improving services for people who suffer with functional neurological disorders. This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 10 May 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

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They plop, they bubble, they smell amazing, they can colour your bath water into a rainbow of colours. And now you can make these little lumps of joy at home. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Bath bombs are surprisingly simple to make. Using just citric acid powder, bicarbonate of soda and water, you produce that vigorous fizzing reaction. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

How and why are teenage brains different from child and adult brains? And how do adolescent experiences make us the adults we become? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Sarah-Jayne's book "Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain" is available now - https://geni.us/eegQ Drawing upon her cutting-edge research, award-winning neuroscientist, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore will explain what happens inside the adolescent brain, and what her team’s experiments have revealed about our behaviour, and how we relate to each other and our environment. Our adolescence provides a lens through which we can see ourselves anew. It is fundamental to how we invent ourselves. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/IdKFVqHES0k Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. She is Deputy Director of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and leader of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group. Her group's research focuses on the development of social cognition and decision making in the adolescent brain. This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 4 June 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

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Energy use worldwide continues to soar and buildings are responsible for a large percentage of this use. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Join new Royal Institution Director Shaun Fitzgerald as he will reveal the surprising physics of hot air, and how using his research led him to revolutionise building ventilation with dramatic reductions in energy usage Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/bXeBVTcVOCU Shaun Fitzgerald is the Director of the Royal Institution and a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University. He is also the CEO of Breathing Buildings Ltd, a leading technology company pioneering hybrid ventilation systems. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014. This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 24 May 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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Is there a role for psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin in healthc“” of international research and discusses what psychedelic drugs may teach us about the mind, human consciousness and their potential effect on our future lives. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/JUAa14kQpmQ Michael Pollan is a bestselling author of books on human nature and nutrition, famously the 'Omnvivore's Dilemma'. In mid-life, he turned his attention to one of the most intriguing stories of the 20th century; the scientific promise and cultural burial of psychedelic research and its renaissance today in the public conversation around mental health, palliative care, addictive behaviours and a loss of personal meaning and connection in modern societies. This talk and Q&A session was filmed in the Ri on 11 June 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

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The cloud chamber is an incredible piece of equipment that allows us to visualise ionising radiation. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onion/to-the-centre-of-the-sun?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Frank Close gave the 1993 lectures "The Cosmic Onion" tracing a hundred years of discovery and invention. In his second lecture, Frank Close looks at how atomic nuclei form, behave and change. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onion?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

Neuroscientist Morten Kringelbach discusses radical new brain imaging technology, and army doctor Alexander Wieck Fjaeldstad describes how smells trigger memories to reveal what is going on inside the brains of people affected by psychological trauma, head injury and PTSD. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Morten Kringelbach's research goal is to reverse-engineer the human brain and in particular to elucidate the heuristics that allow us to survive and thrive. His focus is on elucidating hedonia (pleasure) and eudaimonia (the life well-lived), and how they are affected in health and disease; in particular, seeking to elucidate their breakdown in anhedonia (the lack of pleasure) in neuropsychiatric disorders. Alexander Wieck Fjaeldstad is an MD-PhD who served as a Captain in the Danish army. After deployment in Iraq, he became aware of how certain smells can be potent triggers of memories from the battlefield. This link provides a unique window for examining how the brain processes these memories in veterans with and without PTSD. His research focuses on understanding olfaction in the brain and how this can be used clinically. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Manish Upmanyu, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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Quantum physics has a repu–’t – and how its counterintuitive principles create the world we experience. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/W1OoVw-M6os Philip Ball is a freelance science writer. He worked previously at Nature for over 20 years, first as an editor for physical sciences (for which his brief extended from biochemistry to quantum physics and materials science) and then as a Consultant Editor. His writings on science for the popular press have covered topical issues ranging from cosmology to the future of molecular biology. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Manish Upmanyu, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

Eggs - to refrigerate or not to refrigerate? What about tomatoes or potatoes? Rice? Bananas? Lisa dons her food detective hat and shares the correct food storage methods for some common foods. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Manish Upmanyu, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter IMAGE CREDITS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_olfactory_nerve.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mung_bean_germination.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:010-Sol-tub-40xHF-Gewebe.jpg https://pixnio.com/science/microscopy-images/salmonellosis-salmonella/gram-negative-bacilli-or-rod-shaped-salmonella-sp-bacteria# https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacillus_cereus_endospore_stain.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bacillus_cereus_SEM-cr.jpg

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Frank Close looks at how observations from galaxy rotation and gravitational lensing can imply the existence of dark matter. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onion/an-hour-to-make-the-universe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Frank Close gave the 1993 lectures "The Cosmic Onion" tracing a hundred years of discovery and invention In his final lecture, Frank Close looks at the parts of the universe that are invisible to us. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onion?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

Science should be for everyone, but not everyone gets the represen“”, he narrated how he was born in sickness and grew up on the streets hawking all manner of things in Lagos. He shared a story that relegates limitations and propels anger for success. Dr Fatumo is a co-founder and the executive director of BOAS Foundation – A charity organisation that is dedicated to empowering street hawkers through financial support, education and training. His vision is to transform every black street child into a great scientist, innovator, entrepreneur and world changer Riham Satti is a TEDx speaker, multi-award winning business leader, and entrepreneur. Recognised by Forbes as ‘Female Founder Taking the UK by Storm’. Riham’s main interests lie in leveraging technology to unleash human potential and human intelligence. She co-founded MeVitae in 2014 and now involved in several women in tech initiatives; founder of Linkedin’s Women in Tech group and director at TechTonic Women. Riham holds two postgraduate degrees - Clinical Neuroscience from the University of Oxford and a Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London. Her years of academic research includes publications in computational neuroscience, and thesis into the modelling and organisation of the human connectome. The chair for this event Alex Lathbridge, is a Doctoral Researcher in Biochemistry at the University of Bath. His research focuses on how advanced prediction algorithms & protein engineering can be used develop potential new therapies to target certain types of cancer. Outside of the lab, he's one of the UK's leading black nerdy comedians, creator of the wildly popular science meets popular culture podcast "Why Aren't You A Doctor Yet?", and is the co-founder of Minorities in STEM - a UK network for Black, Asian and ethnic minority people working or studying in science, tech, engineering and mathematics. On screen, you might have seen him explaining data security for Tomo

What is the standard model and how is it put together? Find out in this talk highlight from Harry Cliff. Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/edvdzh9Pggg --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, avraham chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finfrock and Will Knott. --- Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

How are signals transmitted and processed and what's the role of bandwidth within it? Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicating/no-man-is-an-island?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description David Pye gave the 1985 Christmas Lectures "Communicating" about the incredible world of communication. From the man-made satellite dishes to the complex biological system of bat communication. In his first lecture, David Pye introduces the audience to the myriad of ways humans communicate with each other. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicating?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

Fire tornadoes occurring in nature look cool but are terrifying and very dangerous. We made one on a smaller scale - still cool, less AAAARGH. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Dan knows of two ways of building a tabletop fire tornado and he's happy to share both. We also couldn't pass off the chance to make a fire tornado in a variety of different colours. Because why not. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, avraham chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finfrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the deadly Spanish flu. How prepared are we t’’s Strategic Coherence of ODA-funded Research (SCOR) Board. He is Vice-Chair of the board of the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund in Tokyo, Vice-Chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) board, Chair of the Global Burden of Disease Independent Advisory Committee and Chair of the King Baudouin Foundation US. He is a member of the board for the African Health Research Institute, in Durban, and the Public Health Foundation of India and a member of the Oxford Martin Commission on Future Generations. He was the Chair of the MRC Global Health Group and a member of the MRC Strategy Board. Previously he was President of the International AIDS Society, Chair of the WHO Ebola Science Committee and Chair of the European Forum for Forward Looking Activities. This evening discourse was filmed in the Ri on 29 June 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, avraham chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finfrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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The first ever electrical battery used just copper, zinc and brine-soaked cardboard. Dan Plane shows you how to build your own. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Manish Upmanyu, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock, Roger Baker, Sergei Solovev and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

How does blockchain work and has its usefulness been over or under estimate’’s editorial boards. From January 2015 to January 2018 he served as the Project Coordinator for the European Data Science Academy which aimed to address the skills gap in data science across Europe. Sajida Zouarhi is an Engineer and works as a Blockchain Architect at Consensys. She is also a Computer Science researcher and worked with a major Telecommunications Operator (Orange) during her PhD thesis in Grenoble about private data transmission over communication channels on complex systems. She is President of the eHealth and BlockchTain Think Tank and a technical advisor on the board of several Blockchain projects. As the founder of the Kidner Project, she collaborated with WHO to help prevent Kidney Trafficking using Blockchain technology. She is an international Hackathon Mentor and a hackathon organizer with the Blockfest that she co-founded in 2016 in France. These talks and Q&A were filmed in the Ri on 24 September 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, avraham chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finfrock and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

Radars can be used to detect and identify all sorts of moving objects. David Pye demonstrates a handheld one and also shows how birds and planes can be detected. Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicating/the-bionic-bat?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description David Pye gave the 1985 Christmas Lectures "Communicating" about the incredible world of communication. From the man-made satellite dishes to the complex biological system of bat communication. The third lecture, titled "The Bionic Bat", where this clip is from, is all about sound and how it's used for not just communication but also echolocation. Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1985/communicating?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but are we really any more spec‘’ with the BBC. This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 12 September 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock, Roger Baker, Sergei Solovev and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

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Is the Hyperloop going to herald a new era of green high-speed transportation? What needs to be done to make it work? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe How do you engineer the fastest mode of transport on Earth? What does it take to turn a hundred year old idea into a reality? Anita Sengupta, Rocket Scientist and Research Professor from the University of Southern California, discusses the work and creativity that goes into the Hyperloop, a new form of high-speed transportation that can best be described as space travel on the ground with travel speeds of 1000km/h. Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it. #hyperloop #infrastructure Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/2GePVZ4Fx9c Dr Anita Sengupta is a rocket scientist and aerospace engineer who for over 20 years has been developing technologies that have enabled the exploration of Mars, Asteroids, and Deep Space. She started her career working on the Delta IV launch vehicle at Boeing Space Systems. Her doctoral research at NASA focused on the development of the ion engine technology that powered the Dawn spacecraft to reach Vesta and Ceres in the main asteroid belt. She was then responsible for the supersonic parachute system that was integral to the landing of NASA's Curiosity Rover on Mars in 2012. From 2012 to 2017, she led the development of NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory, a laser-cooling quantum physics facility which is now on board the International Space Station. In 2017 she joined the executive team of Virgin Hyperloop One, as Senior Vice President of Systems Engineering. Anita and her team are designing and readying for human use, a new mode of transportation know as the Hyperloop. This magnetically levitating, electromagnetically propelled, passenger transport system in a vacuum tube, is the first new mode of transportation in over 100 years. It can best be desribed as a spacecraft travelling on the ground. The hyperloop has the ability to revolutionize transportation with spe

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David Attenborough. Carl Sagan. Richard Dawkins. Michael Faraday. Alice Roberts. These are only a few of the many notable scientists who have given the Christmas Lectures. You can watch many of the past series at: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch But five whole series and a single David Attenborough episode are missing. We need your help to try to find them. To find out which lectures are missing and how you can help, please visit: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/missing-lectures #missingxmaslectures

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Could particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider really help to cure cancer? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe An advanced form of radiotherapy, proton beam therapy enables tumours to be targeted with greater precision, reducing the collateral damage to surrounding healthy tissue. With two NHS proton beam centres set to open this year, physicist Simon Jolly sheds light on this cutting-edge technique and the technology needed to deliver it. Watch the Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ykybUJQvQ Simon Jolly is currently the leader of the UCL High Energy Physics proton therapy research group where his research focuses on high precision detectors for proton beam Quality Assurance to ensure the treatment is delivered safely. The NHS is building two proton therapy facilities in Manchester and London, to complement the existing ocular facility at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. He is also a member of the international AWAKE collaboration that is seeking to develop proton driven plasma wakefield accelerators. He is leading the development of the AWAKE spectrometer to measure the energy of these plasma accelerated electrons. Simon has played American Football for Great Britain, captaining them in 1996, and also won national titles with Farnham in 1996, Oxford in 2001 and London in 2005. He also made a number of appearances on radio, television and at popular science events. This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 12 October 2018. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: Alessandro Mecca, Ashok Bommisetti, Avrahaim Chein, bestape, Elizabeth Greasley, Greg Nagel, Lester Su, Rebecca Pan, Robert D Finrock, Roger Baker, Sergei Solovev and Will Knott. --- The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-scien

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