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Can a scientific theory ever be confirmed? Must a scientific theory be falsifiable? Theories such as that of the multiverse and string theory will be considered.
Sudden death in the young is more common than you think... This lecture considers the causes of sudden death, its impact on families, the difficulties of carrying out research, and some of the legal and social obstacles to discovering more.
In the first three minutes after the beginning of the universe, all of the stuff that we and the Earth are made of were created and the universe attained its huge size, homogeneity and isotropy.
Doctors’ careers can be built on publication rates and citations. Medical journals prefer positive results. It is not surprising that scientific fraud occurs, sometimes causing catastrophic damage to innocent patients and others. what can be done?
Examples of disease as shown in artworks will be examined, from the medical and surgical point of view as well as the historical and artistic ones, particularly visual loss as portrayed by artists from pre-historic times.
An explanation of the heartbeat and how the rhythm is generated. With the help of a percussionist (Nick Buxton of La Shark), he will demonstrate the evocation of those emotions, and what happens when the rhythm of the heart goes awry.
A gentle introduction to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity will discuss the curvature of space that gives rise to 'Gravity' and Gravitational Lenses.
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