Can maths catch criminals and bring them to justice? Mathematical techniques lie at the heart of modern forensic methods...
The Troubled Brain: Ageing and Dementia Diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s are devastating neurological conditions...
Heading for Trouble: The perils of navigation This lecture was a part of the SeaBritrain2005 series of...
Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question...
Richard Hakluyt: London’s role in navigation and history Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) is famous for his Principal Navigations, intended...
Elizabethan Merchant Ships and Shipbuilding Elizabeth’s galleons and other warships have attracted much attention, but...
Humanity and a Million Years of Sea Level Change Homo sapiens evolved over the last million years during which...
From Jenner to Wakefield: The long shadow of the anti-vaccination movement In 1998 a medical furore broke out when The Lancet...