Episodes
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Oxford Scibar: December 2013 Dr Andrew Wilkinson - Forensic Science - Facts and Fiction
Dr Andrew Wilkinson was the speaker at our December SciBar, speaking about the facts and fiction of Forensic Science. It has been glamorised in movies and on TV but what is it really like to be a Forensic Scientist? Dr Andrew Wilkinson will take us through a day in the life of a forensic medical...
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Oxford Scibar: November 2013 Dr Harry Witchel - Can Body Language Save The World?
Can you tell when someone is attracted to you, but dare not say so? Does music have the power to change us physically? Do students really cough more during lectures they don't like? Dr Harry Witchel will introduce us to all the subtle ways we communicate with our body
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Oxford Scibar: October 2013 Dr Frances Ashcroft - The Spark of Life
Electricity in the Human Body How does a heart beat and can someone really die of fright? The answers to these questions lie in electrical signals that are essential to everything we do. Professor Frances Ashcroft will explain how these signals are produced and how they govern every aspect of…
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August SciBar - Interview with Dr Mike Goldsmith on Discord: the Story of Noise
An interview with our August speaker, Dr Mike Goldsmith, on the battle between people and noise - a battle that has changed our lives and moulded our societies.
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July 2013 SciBar - Of Cells, Plants and Jellyfish
Join us to hear Dr. Anne Osterrieder take us through the complex and dynamic makings of a plant cell...
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June 26th 2013 SciBar: Dr Martin Christlieb & Dr Ruth Travis - Coffee and Cancer: How Do we Know For Sure?
How do we know whether something causes or cures cancer? The pivotal figure was Sir Austin Bradford Hill - he taught us how to think about cancer, he set up the first randomised clinical trials and left a legacy in Oxford that continues to lead the world today. Listen to Dr Martin Christlieb and…
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June 2013 SciBar: Dr Lewis Dartnell - Astrobiology: The Hunt For Alien Life
Astrobiology explores the origins and limits of life and where life might exist beyond Earth. But what is "life" and how did it emerge on our own world? Where in the cosmos might we expect to find ET? Dr Lewis Dartnell takes us on a tour of other planets and moons in our solar system, and even...
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Oxford SciBar Podcast May 16th 2013 - Prof Charles Spence: "The senses and the body - do you know which body is yours?"
Do you know which body is yours? Do you ever confuse your left and right? Prof. Charles Spence, Head of the Crossmodal Research Lab at Oxford University took us on a tour of the latest findings from psychology and neuroscience concerning the body in the brain, and the role of what we see in what…
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Oxford SciBar Podcast May 15th 2013 - Prof Chris Schofield: "Oxford Oxygen Stories - from penicillin to hypoxia sensing ?"
In May we were delighted to be part of the inaugural Pint of Science Festival, where we hosted a series of talks focused on the body. The second of these talks was with Prof Chris Schofield who told us Oxford oxygen stories! How did the discovery of penicillin lead to an understanding of how we...
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Oxford SciBar Podcast May 14th 2013 - Dr Sean O'Heigeartaigh: "Human Evolution - What does the future hold?"
In May we were delighted to be part of the inaugural Pint of Science Festival, where we hosted a series of talks focused on the body. The first of these talks was by Dr Sean O'Heigeartaigh who spoke about how evolution created who we are today, and what might be in store for us as a species in…
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April 2013 SciBar Professor Michael Trimble: Why Humans like to Cry
Humans are the only species that likes to weep for emotional reasons, but why is crying unique to humanity? Professor Michael Trimble explains when in our evolutionary journey we first recognised the tragedy of life.
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Oxford Scibar podcast for March 2013
Dr Jim Bennett talks about the future of science museums in Oxford.
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February 2013 Oxford SciBar Podcast: Dr Joey O'Gorman - Creativity and Science: Dispatches from the Art World
Dr.Joey O'Gorman discusses several issues at the interface of art and science and asks the pertinent question: 'Where is the Art in Science?'
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January 2013 Oxford SciBar Podcast: Dr Sonia Contera - Is nanotechnology the future of medicine?
Dr Sonia Contera discuss the emerging and exciting field of nanomedicine and what nanotechnology holds for the future of medicine.
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