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In 1959, the English writer and physicist C P Snow delivered the esteemed Rede Lecture at the University of Cambridge. Regaled with champagne and...
On 25 May 1961, the US president John F Kennedy announced the Apollo programme: a mission to send humans to the Moon and return them safely to...
Kurt Schwenk, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut, views reptile and amphibian tongues as his...
In the events series Letters Live, performers read notable letters – old and new, original and written by others – in front of a live audience. In...
In the 1950s, the philosopher Mary Midgley did something that, according to philosophical orthodoxy, she wasn’t supposed to do. In a BBC radio...
‘Is it crazy enough?’ ‘Is it stupid enough?’ ‘Is it beautiful enough?’ These are just a few of the prompts the British ceramicist Katrin Moye has...
Not seeing it requires effort. In the world today, despite ongoing economic growth and unprecedented levels of wealth accumulation, those who are...