In this lecture from the University of Bristol's Big Ideas in Science series, Dr Nina Snaith asks why, and looks to mathematics for the answer. Setting maths students a series of problems, Dr Snaith ...

The topics cover a broad range and draw upon expertise from across the entire Faculty of Science providing a wider understanding of how scientific principles are applied to not just your own, but ...

A man’s world? Not according to biology or history. A man’s world? Not according to biology or history. They live in isolation—but the world won’t leave them alone They live in isolation ...

New studies show that first-born daughters really do have it the hardest — and that's great news for the rest of us.

Exhausted Photons A researcher has revived an almost 100-year-old theory to refute that the Big Bang ever happened, ...

Physicist Alan Guth, the father of cosmic inflation theory, describes emerging ideas about where our universe ... Our universe began with a bang—a big bang. The explosion stretched the very ...

However, what happened before the Big Bang—and whether other ... basis—it is a collection of ideas,” said Lewis. “In the cycle of science it remains at the hypothesis stage and needs ...

The economics profession has become insular and status-obsessed, and not focused enough on making a positive impact on the ...

In the quest to find that big idea, don't—ever—lose sight of the business strategy. Great creative that doesn't advance business goals is irrelevant. As Pink notes, "even in the realm of metaphor, ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson: So in your childhood, were there any science influences ... NT: Fast-forward to 2010 and The Big Bang Theory. Who would have guessed how popular this show would become?

Geospatial science and technology research is a multibillion-dollar ... The Research Growth Committee also received a variety of projects that do not currently fit the Big Idea criteria and is ...

What are the big ideas shaping our world? This new series from the BBC World Service picks the best ideas from economics to psychology, neuroscience to philosophy, political science to ...