Formats: Talks
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Hunting for new viruses: a voyage into the unknown
Prof Peter Simmonds and Prof Paul Sharp
Hear about discoveries that provide tantalising new insights into the origin and complexity of the ‘virosphere’ on earth and its possible global effects.
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Seven Deadly Sins
Richard Wiseman and Dean Mobbs
What makes for a sinner? Which sin do you indulge in the most? Pride, greed, lust, sloth, anger and gluttony – we’ve all been guilty of at least one of these at some time.
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Cruelty
Kathleen Taylor
Human beings can be gentle and kind, but there’s a dark side to our nature: cruelty.
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What did the Muslims ever do for us? The hidden story of medieval Arabic science
Jim Al Khalili
Come with nuclear physicist, author and broadcaster, Jim Al-Khalili, on a fascinating journey to uncover a forgotten history when the international language of science was Arabic.
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Gender: More than X versus Y
Prof Christopher Kelnar and Prof Richard Anderson
Explore the complex world of gender and find out what happens when the delicate balance of hormones that control our sexual development is disturbed.
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Cow post mortem
What makes a cow interesting? The fact it has four stomachs, has a small intestine measuring 20 times its length, or has a tongue weighing three pounds? Find out more exciting facts as our Zoo vets perform a cow post mortem!
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Edinburgh Firsts
Nigel Brown, Richard Yemm, Euan Mackenzie, Bruce Whitelaw
Learn how Edinburgh continues to lead the world in research and commercialisation of new technologies in the 21st century.
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The Arup Lecture 2010: Listening to Design
Rob Harris
Learn how Arup's auralisation technology can help us improve the designs of concert halls, opera houses and theatres. Join him as he explores this and other fascinating applications of auralisation.
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Murder, Mystery and Microscopes
Stuart MacBride
Join leading Scottish crime writer, Stuart MacBrideand practicing forensic experts from the Macaulay Institute to help convey our understanding of the science which underpins investigations of serious crime, evocatively conveyed by the author.
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Designer Life: Scotland’s Next Industrial Revolution?
Professor Ben Davis, Professor Joyce Tait, Dr Jim Haseloff and Richard Holloway
Synthetic Life’ will develop radically over the next decade with Scotland at the forefront of this exciting scientific breakthrough. Can this technology solve the challenges of the modern world and become a great source of wealth for Scotland?
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