Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
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Welcome to a brand new podcast by Gresham College called Any Further Questions? This is a podcast where we sit down with one of our speakers for an in-depth candid discussion on the lecture they just gave. Due to our strict 1 hour lecture time, we get tons of questions from our online and in-person audience that go unanswered. This is the place they are answered.
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A weekly podcast of sermon audio from Grace Community Church in Gresham, OR. Here you will learn what God says in the Bible about faith, eternity, community, and a new life in Jesus Christ.
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Expository preaching from FBC Gresham in Tyler, TX with senior pastor Andrew Douglass
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Freedom Fridays will be a time to exhort, encourage, and empower women through everyday life experiences interconnected with the Word of God.
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First Baptist Church is called to proclaim the Gospel of Christ and the beliefs of the Christian faith, to maintain the worship of God, and to inspire in all persons a love for Christ, a passion for righteousness, and a consciousness of their duties to God and their fellow human beings. We pledge our lives to Christ and covenant with each other to demonstrate His Spirit through worship, witnessing, and ministry to the needs of the people of this church and the community.
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Welcome to Gresham Renaissance Podcast. Time for a rebirth - a renewed interest in moving forward in our City. We are here to bring you the topics, the experts and the tools to move forward on issues important to you. Brought to you by your City councilors Dina DiNucci, Vince Jones Dixon and Eddy Morales This is all about community conversation and we hope to hear from our listeners with their ideas, answers to our questions of the week and through engaging conversations.
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S02 Ep.9 - Changes in the Concept of Autism, Francesca Happé CBE
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What do we know about autistic women's experience of menopause? Is there any link between being an older mother/older parents and having a autistic child or is there no proven correlation? These and many more questions were put to Francesca for episode 9 of our new series! This podcast followed her lecture ‘Changes in the Concept of Autism’ which w…
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Artificial Selection: How Humans have Shaped Evolution - Robin May
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We often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in the past. But of course, evolution is a constant, powerful process and one that is often unleashed by human behaviours. Often this is deliberate, we’ll look at how artificial selection has shaped our crops, livestock and domestic pets, and we’ll find out how modern science is uncovering th…
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Elect Exiles // 1 Peter 1:1-25 // Gerry Breshears
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Elect Exiles // 1 Peter 1:1-25 // Gerry BreshearsApril 21st, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Data Protection for Thrillseekers - Dr Victoria Baines
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We increasingly share with online services intimate details of our lives, such as mental health and reproductive data. Far from being a ‘tick box’ legal exercise, data protection is about fair and responsible use of our personal information. It gives us rights which we are entitled to exercise against mega corporations, governments, and anyone who …
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Living Hope // 1 Peter 1:1-12 // Jay Messenger
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Living Hope // 1 Peter 1:1-12 // Jay MessengerApril 14th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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The Human Cost of Immigration Detention - Dr Greg Constantine
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Governments increasingly use detention as a central component of immigration and asylum policy. The lecture addresses several important questions. What does immigration detention look like? How is it a reflection of those societies that tolerate its use and the policies that support and endorse its expansion? What place does it have in the journeys…
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Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges - Melissa Lane
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Demokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But what kind of power, and who constitutes the people? Although ancient democracy is often stylized as “direct democracy” and so positioned as very different from modern “representative democracy,” in fact, issues of accountability are central to both. Ancient Greek models of holding leaders …
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New Hope in Cancer: A Panel Discussion - Dr Richard Sidebottom, Sanjay Popat and James Larkin
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In partnership with Novartis Treatments and research in cancer are moving very fast, giving new hope to many. This event will bring together speakers in the series to delve further into new treatments and research in cancer, including immunotherapy, genomics and AI imaging. This lecture was recorded by Parker Moss, Dr Richard Sidebottom, Sanjay Pop…
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Modern Concepts of ADHD - Peter Hill
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a combination of hyperactivity, impulsiveness and inattention which significantly impacts those living with the condition. The medical approach to the ADHD pattern of behaviour has been very successful in childhood but the results have been somewhat less impressive in adulthood. This has led to a r…
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The Story of Peter // Gabe Meiers
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The Story of Peter // Gabe MeiersApril 7th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Good Friday: Despairing Hope // Mark 14:32-52 // Gerry Breshears
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Good Friday: Despairing Hope // Mark 14:32-52 // Gerry BreshearsMarch 29th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law - Melissa Lane
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The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question, ‘equality of what?’ The value of equality depends on what standard is chosen. As ancient Greek thinkers recognized, equality can be deployed to exclude as well as to liberate, and its relationship to law and freedom needs to be interrogated. If equal social freedom is a product of iso…
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Ritual Nudity in History and Religion - Ronald Hutton
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This lecture looks at the role played by nudity in European religion and magic from ancient times to the present, with some reference to a global context. It reveals the unexpected pattern and explains why it has been marginal to religion, except in initiation ceremonies, but very important in magical practices. This lecture was recorded by Ronald …
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Easter: The Comeback // Mark 16:1-8 // Jay Messenger
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Easter: The Comeback // Mark 16:1-8 // Jay MessengerMarch 31st, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Climate Tipping Points in Oceans, Ice, Forests - Myles Allen
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The impacts of climate change that probably worry people the most are irreversible changes that affect the entire world, such as a collapse of the west Antarctic ice sheet, shutdown of the global thermohaline circulation, loss of the Amazon biome, or a melting of Arctic permafrost. Sudden, unpredictable and irreversible changes can happen in respon…
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The Mathematics of Coincidence - Sarah Hart
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We regularly hear of amazing coincidences – people winning the lottery twice, or getting a phone call from a long-lost friend just when you were thinking about them. Is this telepathy? Is there a greater power at work when someone survives seven lightning strikes? There can be terrible consequences from the misunderstanding of coincidence. This lec…
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Palm Sunday: Coming of the King // Mark 11:1-11 // Matt Patrick
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Palm Sunday: Coming of the King // Mark 11:1-11 // Matt PatrickMarch 24th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Wealth Inequality: English Law's Unintended Legacy? - Leslie Thomas KC
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Today, the UK is a deeply unequal society. This lecture critically evaluates the relationship between English law and capitalism and explores how legal changes over the past 30 years, such as deregulating the housing market and weakening trade unions, have widened wealth inequality. The lecture examines the role of lawyers in addressing these issue…
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Changes in the Concept of Autism - Francesca Happé CBE
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Our understanding of autism has changed over the last forty years. Historically, autism was diagnosed based on narrow criteria. Today, while still defined by social and communication difficulties, rigid interests and repetitive behaviours, the autism spectrum is far wider, and the historical under-diagnosis of women and girls is being addressed. ‘A…
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S02 Ep.8 - Pulsars, Microwave Ovens & The Radio Sky, Chris Lintott
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What would a radio signal from an alien species tell us about their technology? What are pulsars? What steps were taken to investigate the BLC-1 signal? These and many more questions were put to Chris Lintott for episode 8 of our new series! This podcast followed his lecture ‘Pulsars, Microwave Ovens & The Radio Sky’ which was given on 21st Februar…
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Option Pricing Theory Explained - Raghavendra Rau
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We often change our minds after we decide to do something. In finance and business though, if you think you might like to change your mind you will have to pay your counterparty so that your right to change your mind is agreed in advance. But how much is the right to change your mind worth? Option pricing is the art of determining the value of this…
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The Cleansing // Mark 11:12-19 // Jay Messenger
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Conspiracies // Mark 14:1-16 // Jay MessengerMarch 17th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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The Colour Spectrum of Scales and Modes - Milton Mermikides
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A musical scale – a hierarchical collection of pitches spread over multiple octaves – is a fundamental building block in the creation of melodies and harmonies in a wide range of musical practices. But where do these scales come from? Are they invented or discovered? This lecture looks at the history, theory and artistry of scale construction in a …
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Health after Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis - Sir Chris Whitty
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Major geophysical events such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes can occur with little or no warning and have catastrophic effects. This lecture will consider the health impacts of these natural disasters and how best to minimise them. Trauma often dominates the first days after the initial event but predicting the medium-term effects such as i…
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S02 Ep.7 - Dyslexia and Language - Disorder or Difference?, Maggie Snowling CBE
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Is dyslexia more common in boys? Can public speaking help someone with dyslexia? How are they tackling dyslexia in state schools? These and many more questions were put to Maggie Snowling for episode 7 of our new series! This podcast followed her lecture ‘Dyslexia and Language - Disorder or Difference?’ which was given on 8th February 2024. You can…
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The Cleansing // Mark 11:12-19 // Jay Messenger
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The Cleansing // Mark 11:12-19 // Jay Messenger March 10th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Immunotherapy: Cure for Metastatic Cancers? - James Larkin
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Immunotherapy has brought new hope for curing common cancers that have spread (metastatic) – once regarded as impossible. Over the last 10 years, immune checkpoint inhibitors – drugs that allow the immune system to identify and destroy previously unrecognised cancer cells – have been successfully used to treat melanoma, kidney cancer and lung cance…
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Dragons: A History - Ronald Hutton
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Why have people believed in dragons, and what were they actually? Is there a difference between Western and Eastern dragons, in a global perspective, and if so, why? Has the Western attitude to dragons changed in the modern era? Did Christianity give rise to a different idea of what a dragon should be? These are the questions that this lecture sets…
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Pulsars, Microwave Ovens and the Radio Sky - Chris Lintott
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There have been two major revolutions in how we look at the sky - the shift beyond the optical to other wavelengths, particularly the radio, and the increasing attention paid to how objects change over time. We start with the discovery of pulsars by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, explore how a microwave oven bamboozled astronomers, and discuss the latest re…
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A Life of Lasting Impact // Nehemiah Summary // Jay Messenger
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A Life of Lasting Impact // Nehemiah Summary // Jay Messenger March 3rd, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Sex and the Internet - Dr Victoria Baines
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The relationship between intimacy and technology is dynamic and transformative. Adult entertainment providers were early adopters of the Internet and directly influenced its development. Meanwhile, digital communication has changed our consumption of pornography, how we date, and how we seek pleasure. There is increasing concern that Internet-media…
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Dyslexia and Language - Disorder or Difference? - Maggie Snowling CBE
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Difficulties with reading and writing have wide-ranging effects beyond academic achievement, including on career opportunities and personal well-being. However, the concept of dyslexia continues to be debated: is the term useful? How does it relate to spoken language? This lecture describes what is known of the causes and consequences of reading di…
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A 300,000-Year History of Human Evolution - Robin May
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The species we recognise as our own - anatomically modern humans - has existed for only 300,000 years, a blink of an eye in evolutionary terms. And yet during that time our species has been shaped by strong evolutionary forces, often unwittingly as an indirect result of human activities. In this lecture, we’ll find out how disease outbreaks, the ri…
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Jesus Prays for Unity // John 17:20-23 // Gabe Meiers
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Jesus Prays for Unity // John 17:20-23 // Gabe MeiersFebruary 25th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Export-Led Growth in the Asian Tiger Economies - Martin Daunton
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Why have economies in east Asia been more successful in escaping from under-development and achieving high levels of growth? Japan’s experience of avoiding colonisation and creating a modern economy offered a model to other countries, some of whom had themselves been colonised by Japan – above all, South Korea. How did Japan and Korea create a succ…
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The Visual Politics of Refugeehood - Nishat Awan
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Humanitarian agencies are increasingly relying on satellite imagery and testimonies from social media to understand and communicate why people feel compelled to seek refuge. This lecture will explore digital humanitarianism and the visual politics of refugeehood. It will discuss how such practices allow us to see the places where violence takes pla…
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Rebuilding My Spiritual Life // Nehemiah 8-10 // Gerry BreshearsFebruary 18th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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S02 Ep.6 - 'Oumuamua: Our First Interstellar Visitor, Chris Lintott
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Why is 'Oumuamua shaped like a cigar? How much do we know about where it came from? What has discovering 'Oumuamua done for the scientific community moving forward? These and many more questions were put to Professor Chris Lintott for episode 6 of our new series! This podcast followed his lecture ‘'Oumuamua: Our First Interstellar Visitor’ which wa…
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LGBT Rights: Overcoming a Colonial Legacy - Leslie Thomas KC
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Historically lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have been persecuted under English law. Homophobic and transphobic laws were exported from England to the Commonwealth Caribbean, and these colonial laws have had a long-term impact on Caribbean societies. This lecture will make the case for the robust constitutional protection of LG…
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Mathematical Puzzles and Paradoxes - Sarah Hart
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Many puzzles have a long history, such as water pouring puzzles, where you need to measure (for example) one pint of water equipped only with an eight-pint and a five-pint jug. The mathematics behind the solution has many useful applications. Meanwhile, paradoxes such as: “some men shave themselves; those that do not shave themselves are shaved by …
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Satirical Cartoons: A History - Martin Rowson
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How do cartoons and visual satire operate? This lecture will look at when humans first created art and at the dawn of satire. Examining the work of Swift, Hogarth, Gillray, David Low and Ronald Searle, this lecture by celebrated cartoonist Martin Rowson will also examine the role cartoons play in giving offence. Covering the Danish Cartoons scandal…
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Don't Give Up! // Nehemiah 6 // Jay Messenger
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Don't Give Up! // Nehemiah 6 // Jay MessengerFebruary 11th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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Patience & Love Are Yours In Christ
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As we continue to look at how to combat sin in Colossians 3 we see that patience and love are ours in Christ Jesus. These are essential for combatting sin and maintaining the unity of the spirit in the church. Having all the attributes of Christ we are prepared to bear with and forgive each other, just as Christ does for us!…
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Capital Structure Theory Explained - Raghavendra Rau
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Knowing what the investors demand enables the firm to plan its financing. What type of instrument should it use? Should it issue debt or equity? This lecture will introduce the concept of Capital Structure Theory which tells the manager how to reduce capital cost by a correctly chosen mixture of debt and equity. The composition of the mixture depen…
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'Oumuamua: Our first interstellar visitor - Chris Lintott
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In 2017, the Solar System was visited by an object named 'Oumuamua, which came from another star. The unusual properties of this first interstellar visitor led some to suggest it may be an alien spacecraft - but the truth is that its oddness is already teaching us lessons about how solar systems form. This lecture also considers the prospects of di…
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Compassionate Hearts, Kindness, Humility And Meekness Are Yours In Christ
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In this sermon we examine how the first four attributes of Christ we are told to put on are already ours in Christ. We see how each of these is exemplified in what Christ has done, and we see that Christ "is" each of these, through and through!
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The Temptations of Success // Nehemiah 5:14-19 // Jay Messenger
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February 4th, 2024www.gracecc.netעל ידי Grace Community Church
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How Cancer Genomics is Transforming Cancer Care - Sanjay Popat
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Using lung cancer as a case study, this lecture will explore the transformative impact of genomics on personalised cancer treatment. What are the challenges of implementing tumour sequencing in routine care, its effect on drug development, and how can we maximise clinical benefit? How is the new technology of circulating tumour DNA analysis (liquid…
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S02 Ep.5 - Why Is There Only One Species Of Human?, Robin May
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What do we mean by the word 'human'? How much difference is needed to classify two individuals into different species? What next for homo sapiens? These and many more questions were put to Professor Robin May for episode 5 of our new series! This podcast followed his lecture ‘Why is there only one species of human?’ which was given on 10th January …
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The Art and Science of Tuning - Milton Mermikides
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This lecture presents the rich history of musicians’ engagement with pitch. From the tuning systems of Babylon, Pythagoras and Hindustani ragas, through the temperaments of the Baroque and Classical eras and arriving at contemporary electronic, blues, jazz and global practices, we explore how musicians have organised, sliced and manipulated the pit…
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