Cambridge Science Festival Spotlight on Science

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Science of personality research - clip 2

2010-03-2406:05

Clip 2 from the Cambridge Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, the Science of personality research

What's the risk of getting out of bed? - clip 3

2010-03-2403:27

Clip 3 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, What's the risk of getting out of bed?

What's the risk of getting out of bed? - clip 2

2010-03-2402:21

Clip 2 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, What's the risk of getting out of bed?

What's the risk of getting out of bed? - clip 1

2010-03-2405:08

Clip 1 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, What's the risk of getting out of bed?

Technology is what makes us human - clip 3

2010-03-2401:17

Clip 3 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, Technology is what makes us human

Technology is what makes us human - clip 2

2010-03-2402:10

Clip 2 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, Technology is what makes us human

Technology is what makes us human - clip 1

2010-03-2403:11

Clip 1 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, Technology is what makes us human

Science and Islam - clip 3

2010-03-2402:30

Clip 3 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, Science and Islam

Science and Islam - clip 2

2010-03-2403:06

Clip 2 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, Science and Islam

Science and Islam - clip 1

2010-03-2401:06

Clip 1 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, Science and Islam

Science of personality research - clip 3

2010-03-2404:22

Clip 3 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, the Science of personality research

Science of personality research - clip 1

2010-03-2405:35

Clip 1 from the Science Festival Spotlight on Science lecture, the Science of personality research

Science and Islam

2010-03-2429:51

This lecture tells the history of one of the most misunderstood, yet rich and fertile periods in science: the Islamic scientific revolution between 700 and 1500 AD. Science writer Ehsan Masood charts a religious empire's scientific heyday, its decline, and the many debates that now surround it.

What's the risk of getting out of bed?

2010-03-2447:43

We are constantly being exhorted to change our behaviour to reduce the chances that things will turn out badly for us, and the government is continually intervening to make our society 'safer'. But are we being too cautious? In this lecture, Professor David Spiegelhalter will look at attempts to measure and communicate the benefits, and possible harms, of risk reduction in a range of areas, from swine flu to climate change, heroin to hang-gliding.

Technology is what makes us human

2010-03-2447:42

Join engineer and artist Tim Hunkin as he explains Frances Evans' theory, that technology isn't just something outside ourselves, it's an innate part of human nature, like sex, sleeping or eating, and that it has been a major driving force in evolution. Tool using, along with language and bipedalism, is essentially what makes us human. The complicated theories used to explain why we first stood up are largely unnecessary. Our hands simply became too useful for holding tools to waster them on walking.

Science of personality research

2010-03-2447:511

What is personality? How much of an impact does it have on our lives? Dr Jason Rentfrow will present results from the BBC Big Personality Test, which reveal significant associations between personality and important life domains.

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Cambridge Science Festival Spotlight on Science