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Drumroll, please... 🥁 We are excited to announce that the 2024 #XmasLectures, supported by CGI Global , will be presented by Dr Chris van Tulleken (Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈) and will be all about food and the human body’s relationship to it!

Drumroll, please... 🥁 We are excited to announce that the 2024 #XmasLectures, supported by CGI Global , will be presented by Dr Chris van Tulleken (Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈) and will be all about food and the human body’s relationship to it!

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394,059 views • 1 year ago

AI is the most rapidly evolving area of science today Join Michael Wooldridge for the #XmasLectures, supported by CGI, revealing the truth about AI - from its impact on daily life to showing how AI technology really works 📺8pm on BBC Four on 26, 27, 28 December & BBC iPlayer

AI is the most rapidly evolving area of science today Join Michael Wooldridge for the #XmasLectures, supported by CGI, revealing the truth about AI - from its impact on daily life to showing how AI technology really works 📺8pm on BBC Four on 26, 27, 28 December & BBC iPlayer

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165,334 views • 2 years ago

The Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI Global, start TONIGHT! Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 will guide us through the surprising science of food, revealing... 👅 How we taste food 👀 What makes food appetising 💩 How digestion works and more! Tune into BBC Four or iPlayer at 9pm to watch!

The Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI Global, start TONIGHT! Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 will guide us through the surprising science of food, revealing... 👅 How we taste food 👀 What makes food appetising 💩 How digestion works and more! Tune into BBC Four or iPlayer at 9pm to watch!

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37,878 views • 1 year ago

Why is the sky blue? 🔵 Jemma recreates 19th-century demonstration of Tyndall scattering.

Why is the sky blue? 🔵 Jemma recreates 19th-century demonstration of Tyndall scattering.

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60,547 views • 3 years ago

Less than a week to the #XmasLectures with Sue Black! 🤩 Follow us on an illuminating journey using forensic science to investigate crimes from the crime scene, through to the lab and into the courtroom. 📺 Tune in on BBC Four and iPlayer at 8pm on 26, 27 and 28 December

Less than a week to the #XmasLectures with Sue Black! 🤩 Follow us on an illuminating journey using forensic science to investigate crimes from the crime scene, through to the lab and into the courtroom. 📺 Tune in on BBC Four and iPlayer at 8pm on 26, 27 and 28 December

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62,419 views • 3 years ago

Drumroll, please... 🥁 We are excited to announce that the 2023 #XmasLectures will be presented by Prof Mike Wooldridge (Michael Wooldridge) and will be all about artificial intelligence!

Drumroll, please... 🥁 We are excited to announce that the 2023 #XmasLectures will be presented by Prof Mike Wooldridge (Michael Wooldridge) and will be all about artificial intelligence!

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50,458 views • 2 years ago

Bet you've never seen sound waves this way before! 🔥 @AnnaPloszajski takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the science of materials, from plastic mattresses to brass trumpets! Watch now:

Bet you've never seen sound waves this way before! 🔥 @AnnaPloszajski takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the science of materials, from plastic mattresses to brass trumpets! Watch now:

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51,230 views • 2 years ago

🎧 New Podcast 🎧 How is AI impacting different areas of scientific research? In this episode we discuss AlphaFold, the machine learning programme from DeepMind that can determine a protein structure from its amino acids alone. Listen here 👇

🎧 New Podcast 🎧 How is AI impacting different areas of scientific research? In this episode we discuss AlphaFold, the machine learning programme from DeepMind that can determine a protein structure from its amino acids alone. Listen here 👇

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43,320 views • 2 years ago

We’re celebrating women in STEM with FindingAda on Ada Lovelace Day! Featuring a fantastic line-up of speakers, it's not one to miss. Here's what some of last year looked like to help whet your appetite 📅: 08/10/24 ⏰: 7.30 - 9.30pm

We’re celebrating women in STEM with FindingAda on Ada Lovelace Day! Featuring a fantastic line-up of speakers, it's not one to miss. Here's what some of last year looked like to help whet your appetite 📅: 08/10/24 ⏰: 7.30 - 9.30pm

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32,378 views • 1 year ago

Science is at its best when we ALL have a voice! Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science 🎉 All areas of science are enhanced and enriched by both the work and presence of women and girls in the discipline. #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScienceDay

Science is at its best when we ALL have a voice! Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science 🎉 All areas of science are enhanced and enriched by both the work and presence of women and girls in the discipline. #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScienceDay

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40,097 views • 2 years ago

Sodium flames can appear black in the light of a sodium lamp.🔥⚫ Isn't physics awesome?!

Sodium flames can appear black in the light of a sodium lamp.🔥⚫ Isn't physics awesome?!

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44,392 views • 3 years ago

Are you hungry for knowledge about food and the human body? Don't miss the 2024 #XmasLectures, supported by CGI Global, where Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 will reveal the surprising science of food – from tastebuds to toilet. 🗓️ 29, 30 and 31 December 📺 BBC Four and iPlayer ⏰ 9pm

Are you hungry for knowledge about food and the human body? Don't miss the 2024 #XmasLectures, supported by CGI Global, where Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 will reveal the surprising science of food – from tastebuds to toilet. 🗓️ 29, 30 and 31 December 📺 BBC Four and iPlayer ⏰ 9pm

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24,320 views • 1 year ago

The secret's out! 👀 The series title for this year's CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI Global, is: The truth about food 🙌 Watch this year's lectures, presented by Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈, between Christmas and New Year on BB4 or catch-up on iPlayer.

The secret's out! 👀 The series title for this year's CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI Global, is: The truth about food 🙌 Watch this year's lectures, presented by Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈, between Christmas and New Year on BB4 or catch-up on iPlayer.

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25,169 views • 1 year ago

The secret's out! 🚀 The 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI Global, will be presented by Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and will be about outer space and all the scientific wonders beyond planet Earth. We can't wait until December! Find out more:

The secret's out! 🚀 The 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI Global, will be presented by Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and will be about outer space and all the scientific wonders beyond planet Earth. We can't wait until December! Find out more:

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20,196 views • 1 year ago

In particle accelerators, beams of particles are focused and fired forward at almost the speed of light. But how are those particles controlled? @suziesheehy explains.

In particle accelerators, beams of particles are focused and fired forward at almost the speed of light. But how are those particles controlled? @suziesheehy explains.

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35,838 views • 3 years ago

How do we perceive the world around us? 🧠 Anil Seth tells us about how the brain could be a prediction machine, constantly correcting itself about how the world is.

How do we perceive the world around us? 🧠 Anil Seth tells us about how the brain could be a prediction machine, constantly correcting itself about how the world is.

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32,223 views • 3 years ago

On the 200th anniversary of the first dinosaur to be named (Megalosaurus), we’re reminded that the iPhone is closer in time to the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the Tyrannosaurus Rex was to Stegosaurus

On the 200th anniversary of the first dinosaur to be named (Megalosaurus), we’re reminded that the iPhone is closer in time to the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the Tyrannosaurus Rex was to Stegosaurus

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24,934 views • 2 years ago

The matter is, we're not sure whether this is a plasma or not. What do you think? 🔥 Feargal shows us a Ri fan-favourite demo.

The matter is, we're not sure whether this is a plasma or not. What do you think? 🔥 Feargal shows us a Ri fan-favourite demo.

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13,085 views • 11 months ago

It's a van Tulleken double-whammy 👬 Thank you for joining us Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈! The brothers are well versed in sharing your TV screens, particularly their CBBC show Operation Ouch. #XmasLectures.

It's a van Tulleken double-whammy 👬 Thank you for joining us Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈! The brothers are well versed in sharing your TV screens, particularly their CBBC show Operation Ouch. #XmasLectures.

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15,768 views • 1 year ago

The electric and magnetic fields — "one of the most revolutionary abstract ideas in the history of science". ⚡ Watch the full lecture with David Tong:

The electric and magnetic fields — "one of the most revolutionary abstract ideas in the history of science". ⚡ Watch the full lecture with David Tong:

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25,010 views • 3 years ago