To ensure food security for the increasing world population in a environmentally sustainable way, we must double productivity on the same area of land. as well as address the concerns of modern high input agriculture, declining water availability and climate change. Join us to hear Chris Leaver talk about the importance of investing in science and technology ... Show More
Jan 2012
From hairy roots to new medicines
Modern medicine uses many compounds which are isolated from plants. For example, vinblastine, which is used to treat many types of cancer, is isolated from the leaves of the Madagascar periwinkle. Sarah O'Connor will talk about her work in understanding the process by which the p ... Show More
35m 16s
Dec 2020
Как с помощью искусственного интеллекта выращивают марихуану и лечат рак
В новом эпизоде подкаста Самат разбирается, как IT используют в сельском хозяйстве. Овощи и фрукты выращивают по всему миру, но это производство до сих пор слабо автоматизировано и сильно зависит от человека. Основательница стартапа Fermata Валерия Коган придумала, как контролиро ... Show More
41m 54s
Aug 2022
How Covid changed science, part 2
In the second of our series How Covid Changed Science, Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Health at Edinburgh University looks at the scientific messaging. Just how do you explain to both politicians and the public that a growing global pandemic is likely to kill many people, and ... Show More
27m 50s
Mar 2020
Boost Self-Control by Asking for Support, Gene-Stealing Organisms, and How Lipreading Works in the Brain
Learn about a research-backed way to achieve better self control by asking for help from others; how Ambystoma salamanders “steal” DNA from other species via kleptogenesis; and how your brain can process visual information as sound.For better self control, ask for support from ot ... Show More
10m 22s
May 2024
How can we use play to teach English?
In episode 6 we ask the question: How can we use play to teach English? First up this week, Chris talks about how he has used play in his teaching, and introduces We'am to a game from his childhood days. Then they talk to Elly Settafield, a young learner ELT specialist. Elly disc ... Show More
32m 37s
Oct 2018
How To Turn Knowledge Into Action with Jim Kwik
In this episode, I’m coming to you live from Instagram! I get this question often - “Jim, I know what to do, but I’m not doing what I know. How do I take knowledge and turn it into power? How do I take knowledge and apply and act on the things that I know?” Have you ever felt or ... Show More
15m 22s