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Darwin's mother and the miniature: with Randal Keynes
Duration: 00:14:33
Published Date: 2011/02/17Charles Darwin's mother Susannah Wedgwood died when he was just eight, and he could never remember her face - until he discovered a long-hidden portrait of her as a young woman. Hear Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes explain why finally seeing this miniature of his mother (on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum) was so significant for the great naturalist, and why portraits of loved ones -
The Monarchy with David Starkey
Duration: 00:52:08
Published Date: 2009/09/29With Dr. David Starkey. More than the biographies of the kings and queens of England, this lecture is an in depth examination of what the English monarchy has meant, in terms of the expression of the individual, the Mother of Parliaments, Magna Carta, the laws of England and the land of England. The importance of the rich heritage of the Anglo Saxon kings is featured but it does not stop there. -
Body of work: the silent teacher helping students learn anatomy
Duration: 00:02:38
Published Date: 2016/12/07For over 450 years, students have been studying anatomy at Cambridge through whole body dissection. But students find that they learn far more than just the architecture of the human body. https://medium.com/@cambridge_uni/2985c0cb84ab#.3e0t18swb -
Augmented reality at the Cambridge Science Festival
Duration: 00:01:02
Published Date: 2011/03/03A Cambridge augmented reality app that breathes animated life into the printed page has worked its magic on the programme for this year's Science Festival. Download the free app, 'pop the Popcode', and point your phone at the front cover of the Science Festival programme. If you haven't got a programme yet, you can try it on the website: http://comms.group.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/popcode/ -
Sea ice can control Antarctic ice sheet stability
Duration: 00:01:24
Published Date: 2022/05/13Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers have found that the floating ice shelves which skirt the eastern Antarctic Peninsula have undergone sustained advance over the past 20 years. -
Rowing novice? Try our new Rowing Tank
Duration: 00:01:27
Published Date: 2018/04/18Want to learn how to row but worried about falling into the River Cam? Well Downing College's rowing tank maybe a good place to work on your technique before getting into an actual boat. The tank officially opens on Saturday 21st April. For more information visit their website: http://www.cambridgerowingtank.co.uk -
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz: Challenges of global health
Duration: 01:09:19
Published Date: 2012/02/03Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, delivers a public lecture at Madingley Hall on 24 November 2011. The lecture is chaired by Dr Ron Zimmern, Chairman of the Foundation for Genomics and Population Health, and introduced by Dr Rebecca Lingwood, Director of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge. Please note that the lecture proper begins -
Cambridge's new Vice-Chancellor
Duration: 00:01:12
Published Date: 2010/09/30On 1 October 2010, in a ceremony in Cambridge's Senate House, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was admitted to office as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was previously Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, and before that Deputy Rector of Imperial College London. The University of Cambridge is one of the world's greatest research Universities, with 17,500 students -
COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine: everything you need to know
Duration: 00:06:18
Published Date: 2020/03/24The Cambridge scientists developing a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine Professor Jonathan Heeney explains why we need a vaccine against the new COVID-19 coronavirus and how his team is using new technology developed for influenza and Ebola viruses to target the new infection. Thumbnail Credit - Fusion Animation -
Uncovering our Origins: Monkeys, Apes and 'Primitive Man' -…
Duration: 00:13:24
Published Date: 2009/09/29The Descent of Man would forever change the way we thought about ourselves and where we come from but how accurate was Darwin in his ideas about human evolution? Professor Robert Foley, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies explores how 19th-century society viewed ideas of 'early man', and reveals how far our knowledge has progressed since Darwin sketched his
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