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Air Pollution: Its Impact on Health and Possible Solutions

This lecture will consider the evidence for different forms of air pollution causing diseases, and outline some of the potential solutions.

Asthma and Chronic Airways Disease

Asthma, an intermittent disease, is the commonest lung disease in the UK. The second is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This lecture will consider trends and advances in these two diseases, and the chronic genetic lung disease cystic fibrosis.

Diabetes: A Rising Tide

This lecture will consider the treatment, prevention and recent advances in the science of diabetes.

Pulsars, Microwave Ovens and the Radio Sky

There have been two major revolutions in how we look...

A bright light in space with asteroids in the foreground

How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe

How will it all end? Predicting the far future of...

Image of a black hole

Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way

The discovery that we live in an ordinary galaxy, one...

The Marvels of the Solar System

Our exploration of the Solar System has revealed a remarkable...

The sun and six of the planets of the solar system in a line

Asteroid Adventures

Asteroids were for years considered 'celestial vermin' – objects which...

a cgi asteroid shown in space with planet earth in the background

Pluto Isn’t a Planet

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union adopted a definition of...

A detailed image of the dwarf planet Pluto

The Biggest Cosmic Map

Mapping the stars is, perhaps, the oldest of astronomical pursuits...

Artist impression of ESA's Gaia satellite observing the Milky Way