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Matthew Bell: The IoS Diary...made up my mind who wins." We suggest Frank: he may dress as Widow Twanky, but he's quite a bit bigger than you, Roy. Much excitement at the Royal Institution ahead of its annual Christmas lectures. This year's theme is the 300-million-year... In this article: Frank Bruno, Charles Kidd, Caliban, The Tempest, and Alan Bennett |
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Guardian | 1 day ago
Earth's 'immense and hidden' tragedy
...publication of the Origin of Species on Tuesday. The 80-year-old scientist will deliver a lecture via video link to an audience at the Royal Institution on Darwin's legacy and "the future of biology". The extent of scientific ignorance...
In this article: Climate change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Soup, Tasmanian tiger, and Toolache Wallaby
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Independent.co.uk - Commentators | 5 days ago
Baroness Susan Greenfield: We agonise too much over our appearances
...taking part in a similar interview would be asked where he got his shoes or his tie. Baroness Susan Greenfield is a director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain Offensive or abusive comments will be removed and your IP logged...
In this article: Royal Institution of Great Britain
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Times Online | October 25, 2009
Why you are cleverer than you think
...the future, they are going to be an intelligent. Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at the University of Oxford and director of the Royal Institution Intelligence comes from the Latin root intelligere, of understanding. Just because I know...
In this article: Wellington College, World Wide Web, Peter Lampl, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Wikipedia, Horizon, and University of Southampton
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | October 21, 2009
Internet use 'may improve brain function in adults' says UCLA study
...cognitive effects, are also needed. The effects of technology on brain function have been questioned recently. The director of the Royal Institution, Professor Susan Greenfield, has linked social networking sites with loss of concentration...
In this article: University of California, Los Angeles, Susan Greenfield, and Obesity
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The Australian | October 20, 2009
Award for pregnancy research
IN the spirit of scientific inquiry and clear communication long upheld by the Royal Institution of Great Britain, doctoral candidate Alison Care had to present her research into ovarian health in layman's terms to a panel before she was...
In this article: Progesterone, University of Adelaide, Obesity, Hormone, Toxin, and University of South Australia
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Telegraph.co.uk - Education | October 13, 2009
More Margaret Thatchers in academia please
...academia having taken a year or two off; women I know who combine childcare with their work are often run ragged. Three years ago, the Royal Institution launched an annual prize for young female scientists, giving each winner a grant of...
In this article: Glass ceiling, Economics, Chemistry, Margaret Thatcher, and Bob Hope
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BBC News | October 13, 2009
Welsh housing market tops UK poll
...up, say Rics Wales The Welsh housing market is attracting more interest from new buyers than anywhere else in the UK, say surveyors. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors'(Rics) said the number of its members reporting a boost in...
In this article: UK and Bangor, Gwynedd
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BBC News | October 08, 2009
Flatliner
...that prices will show if the "pile them high and sell them cheap" approach has led to an oversupply. Jeremy Leaf, housing spokesman for the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors, says that - similar to the rest of the housing market -...
In this article: Leicester, Recession, Injunction, and Tax
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Telegraph.co.uk - Science news | October 05, 2009
Nanomagnet in StarTrek style wand could cure cancer
...Quentin Pankhurst, professor of physics at University College London and director of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratories at the Royal Institution, said: ''Once the iron oxide particles are there the treatment can be repeated again and...
In this article: Cancer, Surgery, Magnetic field, Oxygen, Targeted therapy, Antibodies, Lung cancer, Head and neck cancer, and University College London
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Guardian | September 26, 2009
New science centre to inspire children
Teen failure at school picked to lead new Royal Institution project The Royal Institution, one of the world's most eminent scientific bodies, will open a new centre to inspire children about the subject this week - led by a former teacher...
In this article: Royal Veterinary College, Oxford University, London, and Rhode Island
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often abbreviated as the Royal Institution or RI) is an organization devoted to scientific education and research, based in London. It was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president, George Finch, the 9th Earl of Winchilsea, for "diffusing the knowledge, and facilitating the general introduction, of useful mechanical inventions and improvements; and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life." Much of its initial funding and the initial proposal for its founding were given by the Society for Bettering the Conditions and Improving the Comforts of the Poor, under the guidance of philanthropist Sir Thomas Bernard and scientist Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. Since its founding it has been based on Albemarle Street in Mayfair. Its Royal Charter was granted in 1800.
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