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  • The Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences

    Our goals are to strengthen existing links and build new ones to disciplines that enrich our understanding of the Earth as reflected in the initiation of the IEPS ...

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  • Pluto and Charon - A Planetary Waltz (2015)

    New composition by Catherine Kontz and Minna Orvokki Nygren, commissioned by The Centre for Planetary Science UCL/Birkbeck, marking New Horizon ...

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  • Pluto & Charon - a planetary waltz

    Pluto and Charon – A Planetary Waltz was composed in collaboration between composers Catherine Kontz and Minna Orvokki Nygren. The work was ...

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  • Searching for life on Mars via Iceland (UCL)

    Astrobiologist Dr Claire Cousins (UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences) conducted her most recent fieldwork in Iceland. She formed part of a team who ...

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  • Why study Natural Sciences at UCL?

    Hear from the Programme Director, Professor Geraint Thomas, on why UCL should be your first choice for studying Natural Sciences via our innovation ...

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  • What would an alien look like? (4 February)

    UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: What would an alien look like? Dr Lewis Dartnell (UCL Centre for Planetary Science) 'Astrobiology'is a new field of science, ...

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  • Why did you study at UCL Earth Sciences?

    Are you thinking of studying Earth Sciences? See what our students have to say about it here at UCL. This video is made with active students participation for ...

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  • UCL-Energy seminar: 'Planetary Economics and the Three Pillars of Climate Policy', Michael Grubb

    Held at UCL on Tuesday 28 January 2014 This presentation from Michael Grubb, Chair of Energy and Climate Policy, University of Cambridge Centre for ...

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  • The UCL Earth Sciences Department

    The Department of Earth Sciences at UCL lies in the heart of London on the Bloomsbury campus. Visit us: http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk Our research programme ...

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  • COSY SCIENCE with Steve Miller -- Chemistry in Space

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  • Think like an astronomer | Jakub Bochinski | TEDxKazimierz

    Jakub Bochinski's talk to TEDxKazimierz centres on an astronomers perspective of time, the Earth/Moon relationship and global warming. Jakub Bochinski is a ...

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  • Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution of the Earth and Planets

    Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution of the Earth and Planets includes the Centre for Planetary Science and covers the Earth's mantle and core, the surfaces and ...

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  • Earth Sciences is the Natural Sciences

    As Part of the Natural Sciences Degree - there are two Streams UCL Earth Sciences offers: Earth and Environment ...

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  • What I like about studying in the evening at Birkbeck: one student's experience

    BSc Planetary Science with Astronomy student Camille Teasdale tells us why she prefers studying in the evening Find out more about what makes Birkbeck ...

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  • Driving a rover at a Lunar He-3 station (Sep 11, 2013)

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  • FM13 The Battle of Fire and Ice New Scientific Results from Comet ISON PressConference

    The Battle of Fire and Ice: New Scientific Results from Comet ISON Tuesday, 10 December 1:30 p.m. Scientists will report on observations of Comet ISON during ...

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  • Masters in Sustainable Resources

    The sustainable extraction, supply, use and disposal (or re-use) of natural resources has become increasingly important to business, policymakers, and civil ...

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  • UCL Genetics of Human Disease MSc

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  • How did Earth begin? (18 Mar 2014)

    Professor Lars Stixrude, UCL Earth Sciences To the founders of geology, the question of how the Earth began could not be addressed by science; answers had ...

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  • Top 10 Ways Science Could Extend Your Lifespan — TopTenzNet

    Top 10 Ways Science Could Extend Your Lifespan - An inevitable part of life is aging and dying. It's part of Newton's second law of thermodynamics, which is that ...

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  • 55 Cancri e

    The international team, led by scientists from University College London (UCL) in the UK, took observations of the nearby exoplanet 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth ...

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  • The New Zodiac - Astrology vs Astronomy

    It's 5:07pm on the 10th February, and a child is being born in central London. According to astrology he's born under the star sign Aquarius, he will be innovative, ...

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  • Gas Accretion Gap Formation and Orbital Migration — Richard Nelson (UCL) 2015

    slides from this presentation may also be viewed here: http://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2015/talks/Nelson-Migration.pdf.

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  • [Earth and Planetary Sciences] Iceland field trip 2013

    In the summer of 2013 Dr Peter Grindrod and PhD Jennifer Harris from Birkbeck were part of a group of scientists (including Dr Claire Cousins and Matt Gun ...

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  • Landing on a planet at 600 miles per hour (8 Feb 2011)

    UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Landing on a planet at 600 miles per hour Professor Alan Smith (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) Unmanned robotic missions ...

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  • Water on Mars_London Lecture_October 2016

    Our perception of Mars has changed over the many centuries we have observed it. Mars was once thought of as an Earth-like world, with forests and oceans, ...

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  • UCL Climate Change MSc

    This programme provides rigorous scientific and vocational training for the next generation of climate change professionals. The MSc provides students with a ...

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  • The Search for Another Earth with Prof. Sergey Yurchenko

    Timothy Metcalf (SES Consortium Manager) sits down with Dr. Sergey Yurchenko (Senior Lecturer, UCL Physics and Astronomy) to talk about his research into ...

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  • Another 50 Renowned Academics Speaking About God (Part 2)

    Link for Part 1 (for UK and Canada viewers who have been blocked from original video): http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=afc_1379854703 I do not claim that this ...

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  • Planetary Economics: macroeconomic and international implications

    Speaker: Professor Michael Grubb Chair: Dr Alex Bowen Recorded on 6 November 2014 in Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House. Professor Grubb assesses ...

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  • Changes in ice volume

    This animation shows changes in ice volume in Antarctica, Greenland and the Arctic ocean measured by the CryoSat satellite, 2010–15. CryoSat's readings also ...

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  • UCL Statistics Bean Machine

    What is a Bean Machine and how does it work? Dr Elinor Jones from UCL Statistics takes us through the mysteries of the Galton Board.

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  • UCL MSc Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is rapidly establishing itself as a key technology, in industries ranging from microelectronics to health care, with a consequent demand for ...

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  • Our Plan To Treat Alien Viruses

    Say an astronaut goes to Mars and picks up a scary Martian virus. Then what? Will he be doomed to a quarantined life in space, or is there a plan to handle this ...

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  • The Sun Erupts, Solar Flare, Saturn Connects | S0 News Jul.10.2016

    The Challenge: http://spaceweathernews.com/challenge #1 Risk to Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgUZv9ccyQ http://www.Suspicious0bservers.org ...

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  • MoonFaker: Exhibit D: Critique #01: Water in Moon Rocks

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  • Robust super hydrophobic and self-cleaning coatings

    Ivan Parkin, Claire Carmalt and Yao Lu, scientists at UCL, discuss the treatment they have developed, which can turn many materials including glass, metal and ...

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