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Should I take a selfie with a wild animal? |
Travel companies around the world profit from some of the cruellest types of wildlife tourist attractions on earth. |
Tom Moorhouse |
11 Apr 2017 |
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Creative Commons |
How do you teach a machine to a drive a car? |
Autonomous cars have been a staple of science fiction for years featuring in films like Minority Report and I Robot. But how far away are we really from enjoying a hassle-free driving journey? To find out the answer we visited Dr Ingmar Posner, Associate |
Ingmar Posner |
28 Mar 2017 |
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Will supersonic transport ever make a comeback? |
The Concord is seen as an iconic aircraft and a technological breakthrough – so why can we only see them in museums? In our episode of The Big Questions podcast series we visited Dr Neil Ashton from the E-Research Centre at the University of Oxford to ask |
Neil Ashton |
13 Mar 2017 |
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Earthquakes, can we make smarter buildings? |
Major earthquakes across the world have damaged or destroyed numerous buildings, bridges, and other structures. But is there a way of monitoring the building structures to see if it is at risk of falling after an earthquake has struck? |
Orfeas Kypris |
09 Feb 2017 |
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How do we stop our social media obsession from making us a target for crime? |
How vulnerable are we to crime by the statuses we post on our social accounts? |
Jason Nurse |
17 Jan 2017 |
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A spin around the brain |
Take a journey around the brain with Ossie from Oxford Sparks. Find out more and read about the science behind the animation at www.oxfordsparks.net/mri. |
Ruby Wax |
05 Mar 2015 |
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Underwater volcano disaster |
Oxford Sparks presents a visit to the Stromboli volcano. Find out more and explore other volcano resources at www.oxfordsparks.net/animations/volcano. |
David Pyle |
15 Apr 2013 |
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Another case of heart trouble |
Oxford Sparks presents a look at how a single change in DNA can cause the human heart to go wrong. Find out more and read about the science behind the animation at www.oxfordsparks.net/animations/heart. |
Hugh Watkins, Anna Michell |
15 Apr 2013 |
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Towards absolute zero - a low temperature journey |
Oxford sparks presents a ride to the land of the extremely cold. Find out more, and read the science behind the animation at www.oxfordsparks.net/animations/coldchem. |
Tim Softley |
15 Apr 2013 |
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A quick look around the Large Hadron Collider |
Oxford Sparks presents a visit to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva. Find out more and explore other LHC resources at www.oxfordsparks.net/animations/lhc No protons were harmed in the making of this animation. |
Alan Barr |
15 Apr 2013 |
