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It's a gas!
06/03/2007
Join in the Cambridge Science Festival excitement, and see what Peter Wothers get's up to in his science festival lectures! Of course, Peter Wothers has put together another lecture for this years festival. If you're near Cambridge, why don't you come to the chemistry department on Saturday the 17th March, where Peter will be giving his lecture three times, and a fourth time at Monday the 19th of March! More info on the Cambridge Science Festival website at http://www.cambridgescience.org and to book a ticket for Peter Wothers' lecture, please visit http://www-openday.ch.cam.ac.uk/presentations.html
In the Blink of an Eye
13/03/2007
Join in the Cambridge Science Festival excitement! This time Helen Czerski takes us to the physics department at Cambridge, known as the Cavendish laboratoy. She turns the oxygen in a ballon liquid, explaining how the molecules zoom around. She shows us how to tell a real diamond from a fake diamond. Finally, she shows us a really big gun - the single stage gas gun at the Cavendish, which can fire objects at 1000s of miles per hour. She shows us how the diamond cracks when shot at with very high speed. Finally, she shows us what happens when a drop of water falls through a soap bubble.
The Naked Scientist
18/03/2007
Popular scientist Dr Chris Smith presents a radio programme on parasites and ultraviolet LED's for clean water.
The Garage Laboratory
18/03/2007
Why is nose snot is good for your lungs, and how to make electricity from hairy legs! Dave Ansell is also one of the Naked Scientists (see our previous podcast), and he's always out and about at the Cambridge Science Festival with the CHaoS crowd, bringing exciting science to a young audience! In case CHaoS doesn't mean anything to you - check out the CHaoS movie and other movies from the Cambridge Science Festival at http://www.sciencelive.org/content/view/65/52/
Re:Design
05/04/2007
The Atlantic Ocean between them, Darwin in England and his friend and co-scientist Asa Gray at Harvard worked to reconcile orthodox Christian beliefs with Darwin's emerging theory of evolution by natural selection. We enter their minds and worlds as - in their own words - they debate the great issues of science and religion, war, and slavery, but also share news of personal tragedies and triumphs, holidays and gardening. This video brings you highlights of Re:Design, the dramatisation by Craig Baxter in collaboration with Cambridge University's Darwin Correspondence Project (http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk). Produced by Menagerie Theatre Company, and filmed by Cambridge Media.
