麻豆社

Dependency

An exploration into dependency from fossil fuels to obesity and ageing populations

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Shame

Can shame be a force for good?

• 40 mins

Magnetism

New insights into why some objects, stars and people attract or repel.

• 40 mins

Trade

How well does the idea of free trade really work? Does it improve our economic welfare?

• 40 mins

How Long is 鈥楴ow鈥�?

New insights into how we perceive time

• 40 mins

Cloud Education: The Future of Learning

Is the future of education a massive online classroom?

• 40 mins

Plasticity

Shape-shifting in everyday objects, our brains and plastic waste.

• 40 mins

Myth

The importance of Myth and Storytelling

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Resurrection

Should we bring the woolly mammoth back to life and should ancient languages be revived?

• 40 mins

How is Character Created and Shaped?

What does it mean to be good and how do you become a better person?

• 40 mins

Re-aligning the Wheel

How manufacturing might look in the future from the BIG M conference in Detroit

• 40 mins

Shells

What shells can tell us about our past, present and future

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Clay

The joys and perils of porcelain, kaolin and volcanic soils

• 40 mins

Adventures in 2D: Graphene and Beyond

What is the future of graphene and other 鈥�2D鈥� materials?

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Power and Influence

How countries and NGOs exert power

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The Power of the Human Voice

Developments in the human voice

• 40 mins

Worlds in Miniature

Why tiny things appeal to us.

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Design

Design is everywhere- from tables and chairs to physics. Does it have to be beautiful?

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Grief

Grief and loss and ritual in different creatures and different cultures.

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The Salt Story

Salt: its history and future.

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Magic

The art - and science - of magic and its place in the world today.

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Steel

How steel gives us music, art and the modern world

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Curves

Curves in art, space and life

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Upside Down

Subversion and inversion in a topsy-turvy world

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Are we Losing the Ability to Focus?

In the age of perpetual distraction, are we losing the ability to focus?

• 40 mins

The Wind: Its Impact on Earth and in Space

How the wind shapes our environment from the sea to art and outer space

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Why Do we Need the State?

Is it time to rethink what a modern state is for?

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The Bicycle: Freedom Machine

How important is the bicycle and what does it do for us?

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Boundaries

Boundaries: real and imagined

• 40 mins

Fragmentation: How Tiny Pieces Explain the Whole Picture

What can fragmented knowledge and physical matter tell us?

• 40 mins