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Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 3: Should the brain be left to neuroscientists? (video)
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 3: Should the brain be left to neuroscientists? Since the 'decade of the brain' in the 1990s an increasing range of previously taboo subjects have been examined by neuroscientists. These include autobiographical memory, aesthetics, love and of course consciousness itself. The rise of imaging techniques which provide engaging pictures of brain activity have added to the appeal. Of course plenty of other discplines within the arts as well as science put the brain at the heart of their project. But how effectively has neuroscience integrated these other approaches into its work? And should the direction of brain research be left to scientists anyway? Vintage Podcasts - Lunch Hour Lectures
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9/12/2023
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2008 - Episode 14: Lovers in Lab Coats: When Scientists Collaborate as Husband and Wife
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2008 - Episode 14: Lovers in Lab Coats: When Scientists Collaborate as Husband and Wife Vintage Podcasts - Lunch Hour Lectures
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7/13/2023
One Big Step 4 - Roundtable Discussion: From Risk Assessment to Systemic Risk Governance
Prof. Diana Mangalagiu chairs the Roundtable Discussion: From Risk Assessment to Systemic Risk Governance. The purpose of this meeting was to engage scientists, policy makers and business leaders in a dialogue asking if systems thinking can offer help in their decision-making processes. The meeting was a great success due to an eclectic array of speakers, panellists and participants from various backgrounds ensuring lively debate and engaging presentations.
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6/4/2021
Did God Evolve? (20 Jan 2015)
UCL Lunch Hour Lectures Professor Steve Jones, UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment Many scientists are atheists. Even so, religion itself is open to scientific study and Professor Jones will discuss what science can tell us about how it may have begun. Science has no insight into its mysteries, myths and parables, but shows that from the beginning, economics has driven belief.
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5/20/2016