During a heart attack the cells that make up the muscle of the heart are subjected to a restricted blood supply, this is usually caused by a blood clot or a narrowing of the coronary arteries. If the blood supply is not restored quickly it will

Great 2 meet u IRL :-) Twitter and digital identity - Video

Mar 25th, 2011 36m 37s

Is Twitter an ephemeral technology, consisting of mundane chat about people's personal lives? Or can a study of its use help us to understand how we express our identities on and offline? Can Twitter be used for professional or academic activit

Should the brain be left to neuroscientists? - Video

Mar 18th, 2011 40m 54s

Since the 'decade of the brain' in the 1990s an increasing range of previously taboo subjects have been examined by neuroscientists. These include autobiographical memory, aesthetics, love and of course consciousness itself. The rise of imaging

Sex, Drugs, the Internet and Juries - Video

Mar 18th, 2011 42m 17s

Is it true that juries rarely convict defendants in rape cases and are more likely to convict ethnic minority defendants than White defendants? And why can’t jurors resist going home at night and googling the defendant or tweeting about the cas

Genetic testing in the 21st century: Should we screen the human embryonic genome before implantation? - Video

Mar 18th, 2011 36m 2s

In preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), embryos are created by IVF and cells removed from these embryos for genetic analysis. Until recently, testing was solely for the disease the couple carried. The use of array-comparative genomic hybrid

The origins of the ‘ndrangheta of Calabria: Italy’s most powerful mafia - Video

Mar 4th, 2011 37m 58s

On 15 August 2007, six young men with origins in the Italian region of Calabria were ambushed and murdered in the German steel town of Duisburg. This was northern Europe’s St Valentine’s Day massacre, the worst ever mafia bloodbath outside Ital

Will robots take over the world? - Video

Mar 1st, 2011 39m 37s

2011 is the 90th anniversary of the robot, first imagined as a character in a play, performed in Prague in 1921. It is also the 50th anniversary of the first use of robots in industry with the robot ‘Unimate’ for General Motors in 1961.Since

Sex education via the media: Promises and pitfalls - Video

Mar 1st, 2011 38m 19s

This lecture will draw on Dr Boynton's experiences of delivering sex advice through the media - as an agony aunt in magazines and online ,and for education radio and TV such as Channel 4's The Sex Education Show. Drawing on research on media ad

From prehistory to the London blitz: foreshore archaeology and a rising river - Video

Feb 18th, 2011 42m 22s

When the tide is out, the Thames foreshore is the longest archaeological site in London. The remains cover a wide range of our long history and include prehistoric forests, a Bronze Age bridge, Saxon fish traps, Tudor jetties, later shipyards,

Landing on a planet at 600 miles per hour - Video

Feb 14th, 2011 38m 59s

Unmanned robotic missions are essential for understanding the planets within our solar system. Current missions comprise of gentle landings combined with rovers to explore the local region. Due to the expense of such missions, and their sometim

Homophobia - a global phenomenon - Video

Feb 8th, 2011 41m 58s

To mark LGBT History Month, Professor Michael King will look at why homophobia has existed in nearly every society throughout history, and what motivates the hatred of gay people around the world.This lecture has a sign language interpreter.

Stabilising the global population: Where next for the Millennium Development Goals for health and nutrition? - Video

Feb 1st, 2011 40m 5s

In many poor countries the Millennium Development Goals for improvements in nutrition and health, especially of mothers and children, will not be met by the target date of 2015. This talk will review progress towards these targets and consider

Lisbon, 1939-45: the untold story of Portugal and the Jewish refugees - Video

Feb 1st, 2011 37m 5s

During World War II, Portugal was frantically trying to hold on to its self-proclaimed wartime neutrality, but was increasingly caught in the middle of the economic, and naval wars between the Allies and the Nazis. To complicate matters further

Building scientific models with computers - Video

Jan 27th, 2011 41m 6s

Model building is one of the oldest scientific activities and is essential for allowing us to understand the complex reality of nature. Modern computers have allowed scientists to develop models of unprecedented accuracy and detail, and this le

Who enjoys shopping in IKEA? - Video

Jan 21st, 2011 38m 35s

Professor Alan Penn will describe the way that architects use space to sell you things. He shows how space creates patterns of movement and this brings you in contact with goods. In IKEA though, the story gets more interesting, here the designe

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