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A Good Science Read: Evolution - from Fossils to Finches |
Professor Paul Smith and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould and The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner. |
Frances Ashcroft, Paul Smith |
16 Apr 2024 |
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On display: nature’s dramas, nature’s dioramas |
A journey from 3D dioramas from the 19th century that contain taxidermy animals to today’s virtual reality reconstructions of ancient or hidden worlds. |
Elaine Charwat, Ricardo Perez-De-La Fuente, Katrin Böhme |
26 Aug 2022 |
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Shedding Light on the Situation |
Light is more than just light bulbs and sunshine! Researchers at the University of Oxford use different types of light to learn more about all sorts of interesting things. |
Jena Meinecke, Chris Rennick, Brianna Heazlewood, Clarence Yapp |
12 Apr 2016 |
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'Explosions' part 2 - The origin of animal diversity |
Dr Allison Daley describes what fossils can tell us about the Cambrian Explosion; a period of time 540 million years ago, where there was a vast increase in the different types of animals that existed. |
Allison Daley |
16 Mar 2015 |
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Parallel Worlds |
Dr. David Wallace on the many-worlds theory, an explanation of the baffling results that quantum mechanics provides us with - and that there may be more worlds than just our own. |
David Wallace, Ankita Anirban |
30 Jul 2012 |
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From Alligator Wrestling to Fossil Skeletons: Scientific Eccentricity in the Early 19th Century |
Dr Vicky Carroll talks about the eccentric tendencies of early 19th-century natural historians. Whether hunting for fossils or wrestling alligators, these scientists certainly had an active interest in their field work! |
Vicky Carroll |
20 Sep 2011 |
