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Breast, Uterine and Ovarian Cancers

This lecture will consider the evolving treatments, including the importance of genetic markers and hormonal treatments and approaches to prevention and screening.

Taming the Trolls of Social Media

Barely a day goes by without some lunatic assertion on social media. Thinking-people shake their heads, but what can be done about this?

A History of the Eye

This lecture explores the politics of scientific theories about eyes.

Keyhole Surgery Pioneers

This lecture examines how minimal access (‘keyhole’) surgery has revolutionised medicine in just a few decades.

Unlocking the Health Benefits of Nature

So how does being close to nature improve your health and well-being and how can this help us achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 to "ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages”?

AI Weapons, War and Ethics

This lecture will explore fully autonomous weapons, the products of AI technology, and the arguments for and against their use.

Infection, Immunity and Cancer

This lecture will also consider one of the fastest moving areas of cancer treatment, stimulating the immune system to attack cancers.

Biometrics: How Unique are You?

How do biometrics help reduce crime and is it possible to have a biometric system yet not broadcast even more personal information than we do now?

Organ Transplants and Human Rights Abuses in China

This lecture reports on the findings of "The Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China" (June 2019), which examined reports of state-sponsored murder for the harvesting and sale of organs.

The Maths of Future Computing

This lecture examines the mathematics behind computing, starting with the history of the explosive growth of computer technology, from code breaking through to all aspects of modern communication and security.

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