Any Further Questions? - A Gresham Podcast

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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 was given on 24th January 2024.

You can find information about his lecture and others in his series here:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/oumuamua

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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 2024.

You can find information about his lecture and others in his series here:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/one-human

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What would be the drawbacks to an implant going wrong? Why are implants useful? What kind of training does a neurosurgeon need?

These and many more questions were put to Professor Victoria Baines and her guest for her lecture Dr Aswin Chari  for episode 4 of our new series!

This podcast followed her lecture ‘Brain Computer Interfaces’ which was given on 24th October 2023.

You can find information about his lecture and others in his series here:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/brain-computer

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How does Chris Lintott define intelligent life? Could we develop technology to survive on Venus? Why did we change our minds about Pluto being a planet?

These and many more questions were put to the Gresham Professor of Astronomy, Chris Lintott for a special Christmas episode of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘The Marvels of the Solar System’ which was given on 25th October 2023.

You can find information about his lecture and others in his series here:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/solar-marvels

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What was the role of Shia Islam in the 1906 Iranian revolution? Is there any correlation between the 1906 revolution and the Young Turks movement?

These and many more questions were put to the Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews, Ali Ansari for episode 3 of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1906’ which was given on 17th October 2023.

You can find information about his lecture and others in his series here:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/iran-1906

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What do the 3% of scientists, who don’t believe human activity causes global warming, think causes it? How far of an impact do you think the global Covid lockdowns have had towards helping reach peak warming quicker?

These and many more questions were put to our Frank Jackson Professor of the Environment Myles Allen for episode 2 of our new series!

This podcast followed his lecture ‘When Net Zero? The Climate Braking Distance’ which was given on 26th September 2023.

You can find information about his lecture and others in his series here:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/when-net-zero

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What makes astronomy so important? When after the big bang did planets start to form? Will we be ever able to see beyond the current observable universe? 

These are only some of the audience questions we put to our new Professor of Astronomy Chris Lintott to kick off Series 2 of Any Further Questions?

This podcast followed his lecture ‘Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond our Milky Way’ which was given on 13th September 2023.

You can find information about his lecture and others in his series here:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/galaxies-beyond

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Do you want a better chance to win the lottery? Can you use maths and, more specifically, probability to give yourself an edge? 

Gresham Professor of Geometry Sarah Hart talks all things lottery, revealing some interesting facts about the history of gambling.

This podcast followed her lecture ‘Lottery Winning Maths’ which was given on 31st January 2023.

You can find more information about her lecture and others in her series here: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/maths-money

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Legacy banks such as HSBC, Natwest and Barclays are losing customers to the new FinTech banks such as Monzo and Revolut. Why is this happening and what can legacy banks do to win customers back? Gresham Professor of Business Raghavendra Rau explains what’s happening.

This podcast followed his lecture ‘Bypassing Banks Using Tech’ which was given on 3rd October 2022.

You can find more information about his lecture and others in his series here: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/tech-finance

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Sue Ion is one of Britain’s leading experts in nuclear power having spent over three decades in the nuclear industry. Her lecture had over 30 questions we didn’t have time to get to so she kindly agreed to sit down with us and answer the best of the bunch!

This podcast followed her lecture ‘What Is the Role of Nuclear Power in a Net Zero System?’ which was given on 19th April 2023.

You can find more information about her lecture here: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/nuclear-zero

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