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This is a selection of our most popular lectures from the Pulse-Project. The ‘Pulse-Project’ offers a wide range of freely accessible audio and video lectures for both general and specialised audiences, and delivered by eminent academics. It hopes to reflect and inform debates amongst academics, students, and the wider public alike, and to thereby engage with the formative scientific questions of our time.
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| 1 | VideoThe Origins of Science | -- | 5 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 23 | Episode 23 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Dean Burnett a blogger and neuroscientist. You can read all about Dean on his blog Science Digestive. | 30 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 19 fixed | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: World Statistics Day; Barack Obama on MythBusters; Change the Equation; UK Spending Review; Marathon Math: How Not to Hit the Wall; the physics of the wet dog shake; Gathering for Gardner Celebration of Mind; Ridiculous-Sounding Math Classes; Pumpkin Pi; and more. Plus details of the upcoming Math/Maths UK Live recording and week of events. | 29 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 18 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Benoit Madelbrot; STEM; Mathematics is vital!; Great Mathematicians on Math Competitions & School Mathematics; Curious mathematical law is rife in nature; Augusta School Board Approves Single Sex Math Classes; Study:It's Hard to Bring Down the Electric Grid; Mathematika Goes Online; Ray and Charles Eames Powers of Ten Video Response Design Competition; Calling all maths artists; And the Nobel Prize in Mathematics goes to...; Maths in a Box; Solving a Rubik's Cube blindfolded; Math/Maths Podcast Live Recording at Greenwich. | 19 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 22 | Episode 22 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Martin Bull. | 17 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 17 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Rubicks Cube Robot; Winning with mathematics; Pizza Hut is Anti-Math; Vedic Maths rejected; Musicians with Ph.D.'s; the mathematical secrets of verse; Klein Bottles; nanoscale Mobius strip; Calculator Plots onto Images; Irish Maths Week; Numerologists; 10/10/10; Science is Vital;World Statistics Day 2010; getstats; USA Science & Engineering Festival; G4G Celebration of Mind; Teaching Math as narrative Drama; Who are your important living mathematicians? | 13 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 16 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke to special guest Colin Wright about MathsJam and to each other about: the first truly habitable exoplanet; Ed Miliband again; breast cancer statistics; the uncanny accuracy of polling averages; chemometrics and tea; polymath 3; the origin of altruism; Mom and Dad taking math classes; Singapore Math in the USA; UK schools enlisting Indian maths tutors online; the Carnival of Mathematics; the magic square on the Sagrada Familia; and much more. | 5 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 15 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Math Prizes; Google 10^100; Ed Milband's maths geek credentials; maths lesson world record; Joseph Kruskal; Kavli Education Medal; Recursive Pizza; quantum dice; Wolfram blog; Standing on a stepladder makes you age faster; bacterial growth; maths graduates in IT; Fibonacci pigeons; special guest James Grime's Enigma Project in Finland; Bletchley Park; more bed bugs; and more. | 28 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 21 | Episode 21 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Chris Riley a writer, film maker and broadcaster who has worked in science engagement for the last fifteen years. Apologies for the sound on Colin's Mic the problem has been fixed. | 28 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 14 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Prime birthdays; gravity defying coffee cup; maths education & innovation; why parents can't do maths today; students get iPads; child-killing maths quiz; cult of youth; Danica McKellar books; chaos following the big bang; the two quadrillionth slice of pi; the National Cipher Challenge; hyperbolic Internets; British Science Festival; Pi-Hunting; constrained writing; recommended reading for new maths & stats lecturers; bed bugs; postgrads who teach; projectile dynamics in sport; and more. | 21 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 20 | Episode 20 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Lewis Dartnell a science writer and Astrobiologist. He is the author of life in the universe a beginners guide. | 15 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 19 | Episode 19 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Jon Evans a science journalist who has written for new scientist, chemistry world and nature medicine he is also an Author of a new book available soon. | 10 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 13 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Plus Magazine, live from the International Congress of Mathematicians; Roberto Carlos' free kick; A New Kind of Baseball Math; More on P !=NP; The #mathgeek experiment; Clustered Networks; measuring physical constants; testing string theory; Twitter Venn; Mangahigh; and more. | 6 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 12 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: International Congress of Mathematicians 2010; Fields and Chern Medals, Nevanlinna and Gauss Prizes; Maths A-level numbers; A*; Areexams getting easier?; computer vs. pen-and-paper tests; Futurama;vintage calculators; Euclid's Elements In Colour; wikimath; a conversation with Matt Parker live in Edinburgh; and more. | 27 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 18 | Episode 18 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Ann Lingard, novelist and former scientist, is the founder of SciTalk, the free resource that helps writers to meet and talk to scientists. Her latest novel is The Embalmer’s Book of Recipes . | 17 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 11 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Your Days Are Numbered: The Maths of Death; Simplest Solution to Rubik's Cube; Professor Matt Parks; 2010 China Girls Math Olympiad; Students’ Understanding Of The Equal Sign; A relatively serious proof that P does not equal NP and the after effects thereof; International Congress of Mathematicians 2010; Superconductors and fractals; Pi-hunting; iSquared Magazine; the house where Einstein stayed & more. | 17 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 10 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about:left-handed boys; the Mathematical Side of M. C. Escher; nested water, land and nations; the number of books in the world; Seventh graders describing scientists; pi to 5 trillion decimal places; Scientopia; drug-resistant malaria; careers in bioinformatics; Kickstarting Punk Mathematics; Sci Foo; improved invisibility cloaks; non-transitive dice; MathJax; and more. | 10 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 17 | Episode 17 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Dr Stuart Clark who is a widely read astronomy journalist. His career is devoted to presenting the complex world of astronomy to the general public.e divides most of his time between writing books and writing for the European Space Agency in his capacity as senior editor for space science. In addition, he writes articles and news for New Scientist, The Times, BBC Focus and BBC Sky at Night and is a former editor of Astronomy Now magazine. | 5 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 9 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: The attention received by the Tuesday Boy problem; A-level reforms; Women's International Math Congress; rowing; data sorting; sperm movement mystery; The Mandelbrot Monk; swarms of locusts; quantum cryptography; atomic clocks on International Space Station; elections;heart disease; moss spores; and MathFest Tweetup. | 2 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 8 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Pi day; Godel Prize and Kyoto Prize winners; 'Buckyballs' in interstellar space; Bridges Conference; asciiTeX; Formula for the perfect handshake; Algebra as a Faustian bargain; Maths at British Science Festival; maths puzzles outreach; MathFest; and James Grime's RSA challenge. | 27 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 16 | Episode 16 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Zoe Cormier is a freelance journalist, science writer and involved with www.guerillascience.co.uk. | 24 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 7 | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: fighting terrorism; "cool" science stories; space dinosaurs; pouring coffee; 4-time lottery win; Wolfram on maths curriculum; Mandelbrot on fractals; dance; International Mathematical Olympiad; whether data are or data is; Abel Prize nominations; and much more. | 21 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 6 | Maths challenges, the world cup, algebra of music and much more are discussed in episode 6 of the Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. | 11 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 5 | Episode 5 of the Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. Peter Rowlett in Nottingham calls Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas and the pair chat about math and maths that has been in the news, that they've noticed and that has happened to them. | 5 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPulse Podcast Episode 15 | Episode 15 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Alom Shaha who is a Physics teacher at a comprehensive school in London, a film-maker, science writer and science communication consultant. | 4 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 4 | Episode four of the Math/Maths podcast, With Peter Rowlett in Nottingham and Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas. | 28 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 3 | Episode three of the Math/Maths podcast, With Peter Rowlett in Nottingham and Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas. | 20 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics Episode 2 | Episode two of the Math/Maths podcast, With Peter Rowlett in Nottingham and Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas. | 14 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPulse Podcast Episode 14 | Episode 14 Brendon and Colin are joined by Mark Brake. Mark is a freelance academic, working in the UK who writes popular science books and has done science communication work in film, television, print, and radio. This weeks stories include: Invisibility cloaks, faces in space, a museum on the moon, anti cheating system for home exams and the Art of Daniel Spoerri that has recently been unearthed. We discussed the song Miracles by Insane Clown Posse and how the work of Jon Chase is far superior. | 10 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics | A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA. Peter Rowlett in Nottingham calls Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas and the pair chat about math and maths that has been in the news, that they've noticed and that has happened to them. | 7 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 13 | Episode 13 with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy with first guest Frank Swain. Frank is a freelance science writer with credits including the Guardian's science blog, Wired and his own blog sciencepunk.com. Frank has worked for sense about science and his first book Zombology is out in October. This weeks stories include Frank's stories about Roger Ebert's new voice and how marine scientists have found a novel way of watching shark development. We also discuss why teenagers can't concentrate, new stem cells discovered in the brain and how the iPad is being used to aid dolphin communication. We also give our opinions about the X ray art of Nick Veasy. | 4 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 12 | Pulse podcast number 12 with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. This weeks collection of stories are, oldest mammalian hair found, dads get postpartum depression just like mums, BMA have passed a motion denouncing the use of the alternative medicine, Scientists in China have broken the record for quantum teleportation and the wonderful Iron Man Suit. With regret we mention the passing of Richard Gregory. | 21 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 10 | -- | 3 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 7 | -- | 17 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 6 | The sixth pulse project podcast with Brendon Connelly. This week they discussed research on Octopus preferring HDTV. They also had a chance to discuss the antics of Octopus clever way of finding a new home. Research in to extreme empaths as reported by new scientist was discussed. A study by Foviance about web stress being bad for business was examined and the decision to get some experts look a little closer was agreed. Final note was the story of the electric penny farthing. | 24 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 5 | Episode five of the weekly science news podcast with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. This week the stories include the science behind asteroid destruction. How monkeys respond to realistic animations and the scientific American story about research into multimedia memory boost. The two new technological advancements from oxford university 3D graphics and Hi res photography and video on the fly. The final story is the work of Mark Pagel on how accidental evolution can be. | 15 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 4 | Episode four of the weekly science news podcast with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. | 8 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 3 | The Third installment of the pulse project podcast hosted by Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. This weeks topics discussed include citizen science project solar storm watch. The new ideas from the Seti institute. The discovery of a new dinosaur. Brendon and Colin discuss textbooks that professors can rewrite digitally. A mention of the latest on the Simon Singh case and other legal issues relating to science. Finally a look at the science behind "The Blackbody takes advantage of the quantum nature of particle interaction, and is therefore able to permeate metal, plastic, wood, and other barriers to affect the circuitry inside your components. This altered electromagnetic influence results in profoundly improved sound quality". | 25 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 2 | This is the second Pulse Project Podcast hosted by Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. | 23 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pulse Podcast Episode 1 | This is the first pulse project podcast. Brendon and Colin discuss some science stories of the week. This podcast is a chance for open discussion of science in the news. | 14 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | Video1023 Homeopathy: There's nothing in it | A short Documentary about the 1023 campaign. At 10:23am on January 30th, more than four hundred homeopathy sceptics nationwide took part in a mass homeopathic 'overdose' in protest at Boots' continued endorsement and sale of homeopathic remedies, and to raise public awareness about the fact that homeopathic remedies have nothing in them. This is the protest in Oxford. | 2 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoThomas Willis’ Practice of Paediatric Neurology and Neurodisability | -- | 5 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoRichard Wiseman Interview | -- | 10 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoBen Goldacre Interview | -- | 27 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoSearching for the Yeti: Could the Abominable Snowman really be out there? | -- | 9 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Exploring the ecology of insects | -- | 20 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoSeven Years to Save the Planet: The world's climate is on the rampage - is it too late to stop it? | The future of the Earth's climate looks bleak - new research points to higher temperatures, bigger storms, more floods and the drowning of coastal towns and cities across the planet. Prof Bill McGuire, head of Europe's leading academic hazard research centre, explains that if we are to stop it from happening we may have less than 10 years to do something about it. | 30 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoWhat Makes us Human? | Robin Dunbar's lecture at science oxford. Humans are very closely related to the other apes, and share many aspects of their anatomy, behaviour and ecology. So why do we appear to be so different? What are humans not simply “just another great ape”? Dunbar argues that the key differences lie in the world of the imagination – our ability to live in a mental universe that parallels the conventional. | 22 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoDNA and CSI: Where did you leave your genetic fingerprint? | Katharine Wright from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics will be exploring some of the ethical issues surrounding the forensic use of DNA. | 29 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoThe Descent of the Dinosaurs | Chris Jarvis, from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, explains how rocks and fossils that are hundreds of millions of years old can unlock the secrets of the creatures that once ruled the Earth! | 24 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoExploring the Solar System | Fred Taylor discusses the role of Britain in space exploration at the Oxford Alumni lecture in September 2008. | 6 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoFinding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s Journey through Symmetry | Marcus du Sautoy (The Music of the Primes) takes a unique look into the mathematical mind as he explores how research into symmetry has culminated in the discovery of “The Monster” a shape with more symmetries than there are atoms in the sun. | 18 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 52 Episodes |
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