Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour: A book by any other name would smell as sweet
The UCL Lunch Hour Lectures, currently on tour to the British Museum, offer the free chance to break up a busy working day with a thought-provoking mini-lecture. I went along to the third instalment on...
View ArticleSnails in art and the art of snails
Professor Steve Jones’ personality remains a significant draw for life sciences at UCL, with his excellent lectures well-known not only for their wit and subject matter, but also for their enduring...
View ArticleTo boldly go: pushing the limits of human exploration
Human exploration is big news. Felix Baumgartner recently made headlines around the world after becoming the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound. It seems we are fascinated by people...
View ArticleCan’t take, won’t take: why patients do not take their medicines, with Nick...
We’re now a few weeks into this term’s batch of Lunch Hour Lectures and the bill is as strong as ever. Thursday 25 October saw Professor Nick Barber, from the UCL School of Pharmacy, presenting his...
View ArticleSustainable Energy for All: this year, next year, sometime – or never?
Liberal Democrat Energy Minister Ed Davey’s clash with his Conservative deputy John Hayes over the future of wind turbines earlier this month demonstrates how topical and divisive the sustainable...
View ArticleSex work today: myths, morals and health
World AIDS Day fell on 1 December, providing a fitting backdrop for the latest Lunch Hour Lecture, on the sex industry. Or perhaps it’s not that fitting, as UCL sociologist Professor Graham Scambler...
View ArticleApocalypse in 2012? History, myth and science.
As you are no doubt aware, the world is scheduled to end today (21st December 2012). At least according to a lot of interpretations of Mayan calendars. But how likely is this impending doom? And is...
View ArticleGravity and continuum, with Christian Böhmer
Dr Christian Böhmer from UCL Mathematics took to the stage for this instalment of the popular UCL Lunch Hour Lectures to tell us all about gravity. The lecture opened on a history of gravity, or rather...
View ArticleGenomics and Medicine, with Aroon Hingorani
In recognition of February’s status as National Heart Month, Professor Aroon Hingorani recently took to the stage for a Lunch Hour Lecture about the opportunities and challenges associated with using...
View ArticleCigarettes: the most successful product ever?
On 14 March, sandwiched between the UK national No Smoking Day and the international World No Tobacco Day, a lunch hour lecture explored what might be the most successful product ever: cigarettes....
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