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Person at a desk with a microphone and headphones
Date
29 March 2021 - 16:09

This English language learning podcast is connecting people

Nearly 10 million people have listened to Reza Shah and Craig Wealand’s podcast, Aprender Ingles con Reza y Craig.

Tags
English, Teaching, Technology
Scientist with algae sample
Date
08 January 2020 - 13:09

What can you make with algae?

Algae: you can eat, wear and build with them, and they're renewable. Professor Berat Haznedaroğlu of Boğaziҫi University in Istanbul tells us about current algae research.

Tags
Science, Technology
pipette with pink liquid over many test tubes
Date
16 October 2019 - 09:40

How I built a virtual lab for schools

How do you teach practical science without physical equipment? Job Adeleke Oyebisi tells us how a 3D virtual laboratory works.

Tags
Science, Technology, Teaching resources
'We may reach a point where artificial intelligence could become too advanced.' Image (c) Tomasz_Mikolajczyk, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
28 September 2017 - 10:00

Have robots taken over the world?

Are we already too late to save ourselves from our robot overlords? Engineer and Bulgarian FameLab 2017 contestant Veselin Rusinov weighs in.

Tags
Science, Scientific research, Technology
Date
27 September 2017 - 14:05

What’s life like on an international space station?

The European Space Agency's Professor Mark McCaughrean explains, among other things, what ‘international’ means when you put this word in space.

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Science, Scientific research, Technology
'The rise in ocean acidity levels is causing clown fish larvae to lose their ability to tell which are the best habitats for them to settle.' Image (c) nile, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
18 September 2017 - 20:02

How do fish talk to each other?

There are more than 230,000 species of marine life in our ocean. So how do they communicate? We asked FameLab finalist and marine chemical ecologist Dr Mahasweta Saha.

Tags
Science, Scientific research
Floor-heating systems that send hot air into a hollow space under the floor to heat a room or bath exist since Roman times. Watercolour by General Eduard von Kallee, 1884 (c) public domain, adapted from the original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rottenburg_Sumelocenna_by_Eduard_von_Kallee.jpg
Date
14 September 2015 - 14:54

Eco houses are coming back after centuries

What makes a house eco-friendly and how has the technology changed over time? Dr Bilsay Pastakkaya, who received a British Council grant to work with fellow researchers in the UK, explains.

Tags
Architecture, Science, Scientific research, Arts
Can digital art be called art? Screenshot from YouTube video by Dezeen / British Council Arts
Date
27 February 2015 - 09:59

Can digital art be called art?

Digital art has been around since the 1950s in the UK. We spoke to 15 Folds about the growing impact of digital art on the museum and gallery sector in the UK,

Tags
Arts, Visual Arts, Technology
Water is a precious resource in many parts of the world. Photo (c) Craig Dietrich, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
13 September 2013 - 12:09

How countries can manage water access

Access to clean water should not be taken for granted. Researcher Erin O'Donnell explains why.

Tags
Science, Scientific research

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