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This podcast series presents recordings of talks given at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History as part of its public programme of events. The Museum of Natural History was founded in 1860, and today it holds an internationally significant collection of natural history specimens and archives. Housed in a stunning neo-Gothic building inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites, the Museum is home to a lively programme of research, teaching and public events.
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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 4 | Of parasites, dinosaurs, and other model animals | Elaine Charwat has been on a journey into the attic storerooms behind the scenes of the Museum to discover 19th-century wax models of parasites. | Elaine Charwat, Mark Carnall, Péter Molnár | 11 Nov 2020 | |
| 3 | Creative Commons | When Life Got Hard | In this podcast episode Museum research fellow Dr Duncan Murdock talks about the first animals to build skeletons, and what they did with them. | Duncan Murdock | 13 Sep 2019 |
| 2 | The Great Debate; Should We Engineer Our Way Out of Climate Change? | We must reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to avoid dangerous climate change, right? But can we? Is it too late? Should we focus our efforts on adapting to the coming change instead? Or should we engineer the earth system to avoid climate change? | Gideon Henderson, Nick Eyre, Felix Heilmann, Friederike Otto | 04 Jul 2019 | |
| 1 | Creative Commons | The Gut-Brain Axis and How What We Eat Affects How We Feel | For Brain Awareness Week, Dr Phil Burnet (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford) speaks about how the gut microbiome can affect mood and mental health. | Phil Burnet | 19 Mar 2019 |