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    Xtreme Everest: Taking Medicine from Mountainside to Bedside

    In 2007, a team of doctors and scientists ascended to the roof of the world to understand more about how we adapt to high altitude - and why some of us adapt better than others. Uncovered is 15 years of research aiming to understand how humans adapt to low oxygen levels when critically ill.

    The Value of Heritage and the Heritage of Value

    There was a time when old places were valued simply for their beauty and interest, but now this is not enough. Are calculations of the financial contribution of our history adding to the value of our heritage or have they fundamentally devalued it?

    The Right Stuff: How Do We Make Moral Choices?

    A review of developments in moral psychology over the last two decades, specifically the neuroscience of moral decision-making, and the implications of this research for ethical issues such as moral responsibility. Particularly focus will be given to the capacity to make unwise decisions...

    The History of Local Anaesthesia

    A humorous spin on a fascinating story of the history of anaesthesia: from 1847 and general anaesthesia, fuelled by ether and cocaine, through to today's highly-developed science.

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