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Prohibition: A Battle in America’s Last Culture War

The lecture will show how Prohibition animated combatants on both sides, generating two Americas that were barely comprehensible to each other, and how the truce declared during depression and war would not last.

How Energy Flow Shapes the Evolution of Life

Nick Lane will explore the importance of energy flow in shaping life from its very origins to the flamboyant complexity around us, and ask whether energy flow would direct evolution down a similar path on other planets.

Here Comes The Sun: Sunshine and its Effects on Health, Sleep and Memory

Professor Steve Jones will consider sunshine and its effects on health, on sleep, on memory and more: and why today’s twilight world of tablets and smart-phones is taking us back to the middle ages.

The 2016 US President Election - One Year On

The US has a long history of populism, but no populist has won the nomination of a major party since William Jennings Bryan in 1896. In the past, populist insurgencies have heralded party realignment. Will the election of Trump do the same?

Gene Therapy - The Future has Arrived!

Using DNA and gene-based therapy to treat human diseases may sound like science-fiction, but there are already several gene therapies in use today. This lecture will describe what gene therapy is all about, the recent advancements in the field and what the future holds for gene therapies.

"Numberless Diverse Acts of Courage and Belief": The Struggle Against Slavery in History and in the Present

This lecture on slavery will present an overview of the challenges and an outline of what is needed to prevail, by one of the world’s leading activists and thinkers on the subject, Dr Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest international human rights organisatio

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Prohibition: A Battle in America’s Last Culture War

How Energy Flow Shapes the Evolution of Life

Here Comes The Sun: Sunshine and its Effects on Health, Sleep and Memory

The 2016 US President Election - One Year On

Gene Therapy - The Future has Arrived!

"Numberless Diverse Acts of Courage and Belief": The Struggle Against Slavery in History and in the Present

The Role of Collaboration in Nature and its Link to Success

Cheats, Liars and Fornicators: The Hidden Face of Mother Nature

The Offspring of Semi-Female Mimics in Ruffs

What Is The Advantage To The Flowers That Are 'Orchid-Mimics'?

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