Find out how the Ri and 2016 Christmas Lecturer Saiful Islam made the world's biggest lemon battery, using over 1,000 lemons, and getting into the Guiness Book of Records.

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In her first lecture, Dr Susan Greenfield introduces us to the human brain, how it works, and how electricity and chemicals shape what we do and feel.

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In her second lecture, Dr Susan Greenfield studies the history of the brain - and the modern techniques we can use to study how it really works.

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In her third lecture, Dr Susan Greenfield asks if the brain works like a computer, or a bubbling cauldron of chemicals, and considers how nerve signals actually work.

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In her fourth lecture, Dr Susan Greenfield explains the lifecycle of the brain and its neurons, starting with the growth of the brain, and how the environment shapes it, and how our brains are constantly evolving.

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In her fifth and final lecture, Dr Susan Greenfield asks if we all have the same basic brain, what makes us individuals?

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Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Chris Williams, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, wish a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season to Earth in a message recorded…

Archaeologists find evidence that a wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture.Read more: https://scim.ag/4p6y1NCCREDI...

There's a series of underground structures in the Bahamas that bears a striking resemblance to the fabled Atlantis. And while these concretions aren't the remnants of a lost city, we do know that studying how they formed can give us insights into ocean currents…

While these concretions aren’t the remnants of a lost city, we do know that studying how they formed can give us insights into ocean currents, climate change...

Earth's atmosphere was initially rich in hydrogen 🌍 Carl Sagan explained why that changed during his legendary 1977 Christmas Lectures.For more out-of-this-...

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In ocean trenches 9000m below the surface of the Pacific an unexpected variety of life has been discovered. The ecosystem here depends on bacteria who can ge...

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the father of microbiology and the first person to have observed bacteria. Which he should not have been able to do, but did anyway. Here's why the discovery of bacteria…

Join our 2025 Christmas Lecturer, in her Discourse for adults, as she talks about her personal journey into space science, along with the history of the topic.

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Some people avoid gluten in the US but eat it to their heart's content in Europe. There are reasons your body might respond differently…

Get a sneak peek of this year's Christmas Lectures! In this clip from lecture 1, Maggie Aderin-Pocock demonstrates how a Newtonian telescope works, with the ...

Archeology is all about uncovering ancient mysteries. There are so many that we made this compilation with our favorite ones.

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