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00:16:00

How do we keep things from deteriorating?

by Norman Billingham
How do we keep things from deteriorating?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Discussions | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1591 views
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Norman Billingham talks to Jonathan Hare about the science and ethics of preservation and conservation.

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00:05:00

Growing gold-banded lilies with fungi

by Tomoha Miyazaki
Growing gold-banded lilies with fungi
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1469 views
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Tomoha describes her work in helping preserve this threatened species of plant.

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00:06:00

Soil Recovery by Re-use

by Akira Ise
Soil Recovery by Re-use
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1600 views
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Aki decribes her experiments in improving soils using various buffering materials.

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00:05:00

Why the Preservation of the Rhino is Destroying our Planet

by Sam Mackay
Why the Preservation of the Rhino is Destroying our Planet
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1402 views
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Is there a collision between conserving a single rare species and much wider habitat preservation.

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01:08:00

Writing wrongs – Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

by Various
Writing wrongs – Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
for 14-19 and upwards,
Discussions | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1313 views
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What role do literature, science and policy play in protecting the planet? Fifty years since the death of conservationist Rachel Carson, we look at her masterpiece Silent Spring, and ask: "What have we learnt? Listen to our panel of experts: author ....

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00:41:00

Climbing the Everest Beyond the Everest

by Ada Yonath
Climbing the Everest Beyond the Everest
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1724 views
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The challenges associated with pursuing ribosomal crystallography can be described as a series of Everest climbing. At each step, when reaching the summit, a taller and more difficult one became exposed. Snapshots of this story will be described.__....

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00:29:00

Membrane Proteins: Importance, Functions, Mechanisms

by Hartmut Michel
Membrane Proteins: Importance, Functions, Mechanisms
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1408 views
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Biological membranes define and compartmentalize the cells of higher organisms. Consisting of membrane proteins and lipids, they are basically impermeable for ions and polar substances, so that electric voltages (_membrane potentialsî) and substanc....

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00:48:00

Niépce in England

by Philippa Wright
Niépce in England
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1360 views
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In October 2010 the National Media Museum hosted the 'Niépce in England' Conference where they could announce and share with the photographic, conservation and scientific communities the ground breaking findings which had been discovered during the ....

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01:34:00

Is biodiversity going the way of the Dodo?

by Various Presenters
Is biodiversity going the way of the Dodo?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Discussions | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1646 views
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Panel discussion with Professor Jonathan Baillie, Dr William Cheung, Professor Adrian Lister and chaired by Dr Susan Lieberman, as part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2011.  Right now one-fifth of the world’s vertebrates are classi....

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01:04:00

Nature’s glass: half-full or half-empty?

by Andrew Balmford
Nature’s glass: half-full or half-empty?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1515 views
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Andrew Balmford FRS is Professor of Conservation Science at University of Cambridge.  The world’s governments failed to meet their pledge of reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. Wild populations, their habitats, and the benefits they pr....

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00:07:00

Cape Gannets

by Sarah Merrel
Cape Gannets
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2010 views
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Study on Cape Gannets, a new prey for quickly adapting Great White Pelicans on Malgas Island, South Africa. First observed in 2008. Result of indirect human involvement; Cape Gannets should be reconsidered for conservation management.

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01:00:00

Science not stamp collecting? Botany from 1759 to 2059

by Stephen Hopper
Science not stamp collecting? Botany from 1759 to 2059
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1431 views
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Professor Hopper considers the vital role that the study of plant taxonomy and systematics has played in plant science. He considers, in particular, how these fields are transforming to meet the needs of 21st Century science as we address the challen....

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