Videos
In this episode Michael Conterio gave an explanation of how lasers work, while Sonja Dunbar asked how and why plants protect themselves from predators, focusing on a recently discovered plant that can mimic several others. Join us each month for our Broadcast Hangout on Google+ (http://is.gd/scicamgplus) and on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SciCam).
A special edition of the online science magazine show broadcast in front of a live audience from the Cambridge Science Centre. Sonja Dunbar explains how plants, bacteria and fungi sometimes get along together. Robin Lamboll, one of the UK finalists of the +famelab Science Communication competition, explains part of the Read more…
Join us each month for our Broadcast Hangout on Google+ (http://is.gd/scicamgplus) and on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SciCam). Disappearing bees, breakthroughs in fusion, and a guide to flying in February’s edition of the live science magazine show! First up was Sonja Dunbar talking about the decrease in the number of bees, colony Read more…
In a wintery edition of the online science show, Michael Conterio talks about the physics of ice both on the Earth and off it, while Sonja Dunbar explains all the adaptations that allow plants to survive cold, wintry weather. If you’d like to know more about the taiga (the Read more…
In this episode Sonja Dunbar talks about horse-tail spores and how they travel, while Michael Conterio talks about this year’s Nobel Prize winners. Join us each month for our Broadcast Hangout on Google+ (http://is.gd/scicamgplus) and on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SciCam).
In this episode Alex Shires talks about recent results in our search for Dark Matter, both from up in space and underground, while Sonja Dunbar talks about the signals that plants put out to try and avoid being eaten!
This episode features Emma Pewsey setting out to solve The Case of the Spontaneous Hip Fractures. Also, Sonja Dunbar presents “The Beginner’s Guide to Photosynthesis” and Michael Conterio explores the new Cambridge Science Centre.
This episode features Jon London showing us around a rocket powered car, and demonstrating a desktop rocket engine. Deborah Durbin also talks about meteors and asteroids. See more about the rocket car at www.knightsarrow.com and Jon’s scientific education business at www.out-world.co.uk Follow Deborah on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/debo345
This episode features Michael Conterio interviewing Dr Hugh Hunt from inside the clock tower at Trinity College Cambridge. We talk about the mechanism that runs the clock, how it attempts to compensate for temperature and pressure changes, and how it is monitored and compared to time from the atomic Read more…
Along with a bunch of other people, I entered the Sci-Fi London short film competition in 2012. This involved making a short film of between 3 and 5 minutes, using a specified title, prop (with action) and line, entirely within 48 hours.
