Award-winning food writer Michael Pollan shows how we can become more mindful of what we eat, and how we can make food choices that are better for…
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In The Black Swan, Taleb showed that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In his new book Antifragile, he provides a blueprint…
How does mathematics shape our lives and give our experiences meaning? Can mathematical modelling predict human behaviour, and how can equations help us to make sense of…
Following on from his explorations of Chemistry and the world of Fireworks, Professor Bishop turns his attention to the use, origins and properties of explosives. Materials that…
Expansion of online education will bring about dramatic changes in global education system in the nearest future. This topic was discussed by the participants Philanthropic Roundtable organized…
Through demonstrations of pyrotechnic chemistry hear how Chinese incendiaries made from honey led to the development of gunpowder; discover how the loud bangs of fireworks are routed…
Although many examples can be found in the scientific literature dating back half a century, there is still no widespread acceptance that quantum mechanics – that baffling…
How can a fire extinguisher be used to start a fire? Could a chemical reaction go backwards? Professor Chris Bishop leads us through a spectacular tour through…
It was the universe’s most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to explain how stuff works. It had to be found. The Higgs boson…
Who decides what you can put in your brain? Who draws the line between human and non-human? How do we choose between liberty and security? In a…
MIT Professor Dan Nocera believes he can solve the worlds energy problems with an Olympic-sized pool of water. Nocera and his research team have identified a simple…
