Highlighted lectures and interviews
by Cambridge University
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Description
A continually updated selection, including key-note public lectures and the prestigious annual Darwin College series.
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The Making of the Fittest | Darwin College Lecture Series 2009. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is still the mechanism we use to explain organismal adaptation, but the intervening 150 years since the publication of the Origin have led to many new discoveries that help us to document the precise basis of those adaptations - to see the steps of evolution. Chief among these is the sequence of an organism's DNA , which contains a detailed record of its evolutionary history - a record of how the fittest are made. Dr. Carroll will explain how the adaptations of some amazing animals to various environments - the freezing waters of the Antarctic, lava flows, or the colorful jungle, are reflected in the DNA record of some marvelous creatures. | 1/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gender ethnicity and entrepreneurship | Why are the majority of entrepreneurs white males, what are the underlying mechanisms, just how important is legislation in tackling discrimination and what will be the impact of global recession on migrant women workers? Visiting Professor from AUT, New Zealand, Dr Edwina Pio explains. | 12/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New model regulation in the electricity industry | The problem of monopolistic control in the UK electricity industry remains a factor today in spite of several decades of regulation by Ofgem, following privatisation in the 1980s. This would suggest that Ofgem has to focus as much on promoting competition as it ever did. However, a new report by Dr Michael Pollitt of Judge Business School argues differently, saying that the work of the regulator can be put to better use in focusing on two current issues; tackling the problem of climate change and protecting consumers suffering from 'fuel poverty'. In order to adopt this new role, however, the UK needs a fresh model for the regulation of its electricity and gas industries. | 12/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What's the point of economics? | Evan Davis, BBC Today presenter, outlines five things everyone should know about economics, Mike Kitson looks at the relevance of economics to everyday life and Professor Willy Brown describes the growing impact of the minimum wage over its first ten years. This talk was recorded on 25 October 2008 as part of the first Festival Of Ideas in Cambridge. | 12/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Political Hypocrisy | -- | 12/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Howard MP discusses the limits of European integration | -- | 11/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Understanding Humans - Serendipity and Anthropology | -- | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Serendipity as a Force in Physics | -- | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Serendipity in Political Life | -- | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Unanticipated Pleasures of the Writing Life | -- | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HIV and the Naked Ape | -- | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Stratigraphy of Serendipity | -- | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Serendipitys Guide to the Galaxy | -- | 8/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Episodes |
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