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PodcastEconomics and the Cultivation of Virtue
In his 2017 Robbins Lectures, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs will argue for a new Moral Economics built firmly on the foundations of the new moral sciences.
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PodcastHow do Western democracies cope with the challenge of diversity?
The contemporary Western world celebrates ethnic and cultural diversity, apparently cherishing multiculturalism and shared society. A review of the historical record of Western democracies reveals their effort to reach national uniformity and unity by using various coercive means to reduce or eliminate diversity (genocide, population control, involuntary assimilation, segregation, partition).
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PodcastSolvated electrons
Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks associated with the unleashed electron
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PodcastCompetition and the Regulation of the Legal Services Market
The Competition and Markets Authority, prompted by concerns raised by interested parties that the legal services sector might not be working as well as it coud, launched a study focusing on comsuer and small business experience of purchasing legal services in England and Wales.
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PodcastThe Nature of Money
What is money, where does it come from, and why does it sometimes fail to make us better off?
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PodcastInclusive Prosperity: making it possible
Inclusive growth has to be at the centre of our agenda, if we are to avoid the continued unravelling of the social compacts that have underpinned an era of open economies.
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PodcastThe Brexit Debate through Social Media: deliberative discussion, or deliberate dysfunction?
Using more than 35 million tweets collected in the year before the Brexit referendum, we analyse the debate and campaign through social media to track the faming, the argumentation, and the patterns of communication about the issues and consequences of the vote.
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PodcastBook Club - The secret life of fat
The secret life of fat: the science behind the body’s greatest puzzle by Sylvia Tara. Hear an extract from the book, and learn why we enoyed it so much.
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PodcastPancuronium bromide
This week, a drug that plays a significant role in modern surgery. Katrina Krämer has dug into the archives and discovered the lengths to which some researchers would go in the hunt for better drugs…
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PodcastEugenol: seasonally scented
The smell of cloves leads a double life as fish anaesthetic and insect attractant
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PodcastWorking at the National Chemical Emergency Centre
Chemistry World visited the National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) in Oxfordshire, UK to find out about the work they do, what it’s like to work there, the application process for getting a job there, and the training they give their employees.
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PodcastTaming the reaction of sodium and water
Researchers have restrained the reaction of alkali metals with water to enable a closer look at what’s going on.
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PodcastHot Plate - keeping guacamole green
This week in Chemistry World Ali Bouzari discussed why it’s so difficult to preserve the green colour of foods.
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PodcastWhere will the periodic table end?
The latest elements to be discovered take the total to 118. Will there be more in the near future? Will we keep adding elements indefinitely? Chemistry World asked the element makers, where will the periodic table end?
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PodcastTim O'Brien - Why should I care about the SKA?
Associate Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory Tim O’Brien gives an inspiring presentation on why we should care about the Square Kilometre Array and what it represents. The presentation was recorded at the SKA Prospectus Workshop held at the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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PodcastSKA - low antennas aerial buildup
Associate Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory Tim O’Brien gives an inspiring presentation on why we should care about the Square Kilometre Array and what it represents. The presentation was recorded at the SKA Prospectus Workshop held at the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
