Data visualisation can change the way we see the world, from the warming of our planet to the spread of disease. Watch our video with #BBCIdeas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wtmCXgNqG4
What is Bayesian reasoning and why is it so powerful? Sir David Spiegelhalter, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, explains all.
Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE
A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage when an iron rod went through his skull. Miraculously, he recovered, and in the process changed our understanding of the human brain. Watch our video with #BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTufQsee9o
What are Bayesian logic and Bayesian statistics? And how do they help to run the modern world? Sir David Spiegelhalter, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, explains all. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE
Data visualisation can change the way we see the world. One of the most famous examples from history is Dr John Snow's (born #OnThisDay in 1813) map of a cholera outbreak in Soho, which changed our understanding of microbes. Watch our video with #BBCIdeas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wtmCXgNqG4
What is Bayesian reasoning and why is it so powerful? Sir David Spiegelhalter, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, explains all.
Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE
Discover the story of Phineas Gage, the unlucky construction worker who survived a terrible accident and changed our understanding of the human brain. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTufQsee9o
Is the golden ration really a formula for beauty? Our video with #BBCIdeas investigates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCaxb7fRNuA
Human bodies have been studied and dissected for thousands of years, but would you donate your body to science? Our latest video with #BBCIdeas looks at what you need to know if you're considering becoming a donor and how it can help medical research. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6uq59RY6As
Human bodies have been studied and dissected for thousands of years, but would you donate your body to science? Our latest video with #BBCIdeas looks at what you need to know if you're considering becoming a donor and how it can help medical research. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6uq59RY6As
If intelligent life does exist out in the cosmos, should we try to communicate with it? Scientists from SETI (The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) and METI (Messaging Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) give their views:
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Should we try to talk to aliens? Do they already know about us, and what are the risks of trying to make contact? Experts answer these questions and more in our new video made in partnership with #BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHAhFzLuCA
Soil is a miracle material providing us with food and medicine, and yet we treat it like dirt. Find out more about the wonder of soil on #WorldSoilDay. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJUj4Aa2kM
Should we try to talk to aliens? Do they already know about us, and what are the risks of trying to make contact? Experts answer these questions and more in our new video made in partnership with #BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHAhFzLuCA
Antimicrobial resistance could become the biggest health crisis of the 21st century. Hear from Dame Sally Davies FRS and other scientists working on the solution. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas. #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaHvrb2Nmys
From concrete to mobile phones, modern life has long relied on sand as a key resource. But despite huge deserts and many thousands of beaches around the world, usable sand is running out. What if we run out of sand? Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjPQ5wFWmTk
Could you survive on a WW2 diet? Rationing during the war meant that diets were restricted but scientists Elsie Widdowson FRS (born #OnThisDay in 1906) and Robert McCance FRS tested out a diet to see how people could remain healthy. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ZN...
In 1848, Phineas Gage suffered one of the most famous injuries in history: a controlled explosion gone wrong saw an iron rod go straight through his skull. Amazingly, he recovered and forever changed our understanding of the brain. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTu...
A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage. Amazingly, he recovered - forever changing our understanding of the human brain. Watch our new video with #BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTufQsee9o
From concrete to mobile phones, modern life has long relied on sand as a key resource. But despite huge deserts and many thousands of beaches around the world, usable sand is running out. Our latest video with #BBCIdeas looks at what happens if we run out of sand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjPQ...
Proud to team up with @ukri.org & #BBCideas on this short film discussing whether we can and should cure blindness ๐๏ธ๐ฌ
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Why do we know so little about the deep ocean? And how are we impacting it from our surface world? Explore for #WorldOceansDay in our video made in partnership with #BBCIdeas:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QU2...
What makes porcupine whiskers so special? Dr Robyn Grant explains:
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Take seven minutes to watch this short video from #BBCIdeas on The Myth of Race. #raceasconstruct #socialconstruct #mythofrace
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