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Christmas Lectures 2019: How to Bend the Rules – Hannah Fry

In the second lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry shows how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything we do without us even realising. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Hannah Fry is the 2019 Christmas Lecturer. She is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the…

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The Hidden Significance of Shell Chirality – Christmas Lectures with Charles Stirling

Snails with right-handed shells cannot mate with those with left-handed ones. But you can predict the presence of oil in a location by looking at their ratios. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1992/our-world-through-the-looking-glass/narwhals-palindromes-and-chesterfield-station?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Charles Stirling gave the 1992 Christmas Lectures “Our World Through the Looking Glass”…

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Removing Cancer Cells from Bone Marrow – Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer

Walter Bodmer demonstrates how it is possible to use monoclonal antibodies along with little magnetic beads to remove cancer cells from bone marrow. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full fifth lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1984/the-message-of-the-genes/normal-cells-and-cancer-cells?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Walter Bodmer gave the 1984 Christmas Lectures “The Message of the Genes” about how much of the…

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The Mathematics of Locomotion – Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart

The movement of all living things is governed by nerve impulses that follow a pattern of travelling waves. This is true for the trot of a horse, the tripod gait of an ant, the undulating movement of the millipede and even the slither of a snake. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full…

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The Laser Eavesdropper – Christmas Lectures with RV Jones

RV Jones demonstrates the hottest spy gadget in espionage stories at the time – a laser eavesdropper. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1981/from-magna-carta-to-microchip/more-and-more-about-less-and-less?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description RV Jones gave the 1981 Christmas Lectures “From Magna Carta to Microchip” which explores what measurement is, the principles by which measurements can be made, and why…

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