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The feminine has always been worshipped in Indian culture in various forms. This wonderful poem by the great Tamil poet, Mahakavi Bharathiyar is in praise of the goddess and his experience of her. This has been set to tune as an offering to the Devi, Linga Bhairavi by the Sounds of Isha.

Linga Bhairavi is the most exuberant expression of the Divine Feminine, residing in a triangular-shaped abode at the Velliangiri Foothills. Unique in her manifestation in the form of a linga, Devi was consecrated by Sadhguru as a powerful energy form with a solidified mercury core. Representing the creative and nurturing aspects of the universe, she is the ultimate manifestation of the Mother Goddess – powerful and all-encompassing.

To download songs by Sounds of Isha, visit: https://www.ishashoppe.com/downloads/...


Chandiran Oliyil

In the 14th Hinsley Memorial lecture – an annual lecture given at St John’s on international relations - Timothy Garton-Ash examines the competing interests vying for control of the internet

International Relations: The Struggle for Power Over the Internet in a Post-American World

On Outlines of Pyrrhonism , Book 1, from around 200 CE.

Are our beliefs warranted? Skeptics following in the footsteps of Pyrrho (who lived just after Aristotle, around 300 BCE, but didn’t leave us any writings, so Sextus, centuries later, has to fill us in) think that for any argument someone puts forward (at least about the nature of reality), you can come up with a plausible counter-argument, and that after you’ve done this enough, you achieve a relaxed state where you you’re satisfied in not being able to decide.

Is this really true? And is there a sharp distinction between beliefs you need to accept in order to live (this is food; that is poison) and theoretical ones? Can a philosopher really get beyond philosophizing in this way? Can one be a scientist and still be a skeptic of this sort? Jessica Berry joins Mark, Wes, and Dylan to defend this position.

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Pyrrhonian Skepticism According to Sextus Empiricus

Olivier & Lydie Gong Bath ..

It could be argued that over the last 20 years climate science has become synonymous with global warming, but there is so much more to climate science than just climate change. At its roots it is about understanding how the various components of the climate system – the atmosphere, oceans, land surface and ice – work together to give us the regional climates we experience around the world. This lecture will present a personal perspective of how climate science has evolved from meteorology and oceanography, through the application of theory, observations and modeling, to deliver the understanding we now have of how our climate system works and why climate change is arguably one of the greatest challenges facing us in the 21st century.

Biography

Julia Slingo became Met Office Chief Scientist in February 2009 where she leads a team of over 500 scientists working on a very broad portfolio of research that underpins weather forecasting, climate prediction and climate change projections. Since joining the Met Office Julia has sought to integrate the UK community in weather and climate research to ensure that the UK receives maximum benefit from its science investments. She has strengthened the NERC /Met Office Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme to secure the UK’s national capability in observations, modelling and supercomputing, and set in place a unique Academic Partnership with leading universities including Exeter University to advance cutting edge research and bring more of their science through to impact. Before joining the Met Office Julia was the Director of Climate Research in NERC ’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science, at the University of Reading. In 2006 she founded the Walker Institute for Climate System Research at Reading, aimed at addressing the cross disciplinary challenges of climate change and its impacts. Julia has had a long-term career in atmospheric physics and climate science, working at the Met Office, the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the USA . Throughout her career she has brought innovative approaches to understanding and modelling weather and climate. She has developed and used complex weather and climate models to deliver new insights into how the atmosphere and climate system works, as well as significant advances in predictive skill. Her special interests are in tropical weather and climate variability, understanding their influence on the global climate system and their role in monthly to decadal climate prediction.

Development of Climate Science - Professor Dame Julia Slingo

On Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Truth and Method (1960, ch. 4), “Aesthetics and Hermeneutics” (1964), “The Universality of the Hermeneutical Problem” (1966), and “Hermeneutics as Practical Philosophy” (1972).

Hemeneutics is all about interpretation, primarily of texts, but of other things too, and Gadamer thinks that even if we learn all about the history and customs and probable authorial mindset of a text, there’s still not a single, correct interpretation. We can’t just put aside our prejudices to get to such an objective truth, and in fact without the baggage we bring to a text, we have no purchase from which to begin an interpretation.

Mark, Seth, Wes, and Dylan try to get through all this rich material, discussing science vs. philosophy (again!), modern art, what it is to be practical, and lots more. 

End song: “The Default Relation,” a new song by Mark Lint.

Gadamer's Hermeneutics of Interpretation

Rediscover Puffin Classics - the world's favourite stories


Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, brought to life by award-winning actress Sheridan Smith. Featuring magical sound effects and specially composed music, this promises to delight and enamour children and adults alike.  

On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute . . .

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Audiobook Extract) read by  Sheridan Smith

Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2014

Dr James Kilner, UCL Institute of Neurology

Successful human interactions depend upon the verbal and non-verbal signals from one individual to another. Our ability to read and understand other people’s actions is essential, and is part of what makes humans such a pro-social species. Dr Kilner will describe our current understanding of the neural mechanisms involved.

You can also watch this lecture on the UCLLHL YouTube channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-0Nd47IJrU

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: understanding other people’s actions (20 Nov 2014)

Professor Wallace Arthur takes us on a trip from the starting point of familiar animals of the here and now to unfamiliar ones of the past and possible ones on other planets. Along the way, he'll ask a series of questions, including: What exactly is an animal? When did the first animals live? How did animals become more complex over time? Which animals have survived space travel – not inside spacecraft but outside them? Are there animals on exoplanets – either the 2000 or so discovered so far or the millions that we haven’t found yet? And how many different species of animals are there on Earth?

9 March 2015 Animals In Time And Space

Meteorites are fragments of ancient material, natural objects that survive their fall to Earth from space. Some are metallic, but most are made of stone. They are the oldest objects that we have for study. Almost all meteorites are fragments from asteroids, and were formed at the birth of the Solar System, approximately 4570 million years ago. They show a compositional variation that spans a whole range of planetary materials, from completely unmelted and unfractionated stony chondrites to highly fractionated and differentiated iron meteorites. Meteorites, and components within them, carry records of all stages of Solar System history. The Earth, along with the other planets, was formed at the same time, but none of the original material remains: over the years it has been changed and recycled through geological activity. It is only by studying meteorites that we can learn about the processes and materials that shaped the Solar System and our planet.

10 March 2015 Space On Earth

Discover from Dr Alex Kogan the insights that can be gleaned about people's beliefs, values, and personalities from small bits of their Facebook data. Learn how these insights are beginning to transform the fundamental approach social scientists take to understanding human nature and societies.

10 March 2015 What Your Facebook Says About You

Suppose we have six people at a party. Any two are either friends or strangers. Can we always find three of them who are either mutual friends or mutual strangers? Professor Imre Leader introduces the mathematical theory of ‘order out of chaos’ - we can view the unknown pattern of friendships among the six people as`chaos', the three mutual friends/strangers as a patch of ‘order’ in this chaos.

11 March 2015 Order Out Of Chaos

We are busy people living in a competitive world with stresses from commuting on crowded trains to unpleasant and dangerous news events. How do we remain optimistic and resilient? Professor Barbara J Sahakian (University of Cambridge Department of Psychiatry and MRC/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute), Dr Jennifer Wild (University of Oxford) and Allison Pearson (The Telegraph) show how to manage stress, get the most out of work and home life and how to successfully overcome problems of anxiety or depression.

12 March 2015 Get The Best Out Of Life - Resilience And Stress Management Organiser

Vitamin D and light: a close relationship with a lot of controversy. Diet is insufficient in providing vitamin D; however, to make Vitamin D ourselves, we need sunlight, which tends to be in short supply in the UK. The EPIC-Norfolk study observed that participants who had a higher blood vitamin D concentration had a lower risk of developing lung disease, heart disease and fractures. Prof. Kay-Tee Khaw will discuss these findings and shed some light on the question: To D or not to D?

12 March 2015 Vitamin D: To D Or Not To D

In this year's Linacre Lecture at St John's, Professor Sharon Peacock discusses a potential tool that could be used to control bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The Linacre Lecture is an annual presentation on a medical topic that has been given at the College since 1524.

Antimicrobial Resistance In The Genomic Era

Lydia Rutherford, an A-level student from Lodge Park Academy (Corby), interviews Professor Trevor Robbins, Head of Psychology at Cambridge University about drug abuse and dependence.

Lydia Rutherford & Professor Trevor Robbins on drug addiction

Noel Fombanu, an A-Level student from Lodge Park Academy (Corby), interviews Dr David Franklin from Cambridge University's Dept of Engineering about the role that neuroscience has to play in robotics.

Noel Fombanu & Dr David Franklin

Susan Koger, co-founder and chief creative officer of the online retailer ModCloth, shares lessons that transcend the fashion industry. Reflecting on her startup's early years and challenges along the way, Koger explains how emotion not only connects customers to a brand, it connects a team to the work.

Susan Koger - Find Your Venture's Emotional Core

Dr Denis Alexander talks to Eleanor Puttock about the new technique of human embryo gene editing, the science behind it, its implications as well as a theological view point. 

To find out more about Dr Denis Alexander go to: http://bit.ly/1T0g7sO

To find out more about The Faraday Institute go to: bit.ly/1AAhTXq

To read the original article "CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in human tripronuclear zygote" in Protein & Cell go to: http://bit.ly/1EedsFn (subscription required) 

To read the article in Nature "Ethics of embryo editing divides scientists", referred to by Dr Alexander, go to: http://bit.ly/1LM7GQL (subscription required) 

Denis Alexander discusses human embryo gene editing

Listen to Dear Abu on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3g90zOCEnXJ9bDDSOwbgqQ

Total Seclusion is a young melodic hardcore punkband with influences from the early 1980's hardcore punk, modern day metal and a spark of their own insanity. 
With lyrics inspired by everything that bugs or fascinates them, aggressive stage performances and schitzofrenic style changes, their music has the power, chaos and kick in the balls that you all deserve. 

Find us on:
https://www.facebook.com/totalseclusion
https://totalseclusion.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/total-seclusion
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7n1X6nQnH5IDTXQFB9vv3t
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Contact:
totalseclusion@gmail.com

Dear Abu

We are discovering the first planets with sizes, masses and temperatures similar to the Earth. Dr Amaury Triaud will describe how after much speculation and philosophical debate, the existence of life outside our solar system is close to becoming a testable scientific hypothesis. 

Dr Amaury Triaud is a senior researcher at the Institute of Astronomy. A regular visitor to the observatories of the Atacama desert, he is the discoverer of over one hundred planets. He now searches for planets the same size and the same temperature as the Earth, and aims to find out if life emerged elsewhere in the Universe.

Please note: This event replaces that by Professor Didier Queloz in the print programme.

#Astrology #Science #CambridgeScienceFestival #CSF2017

Exoplanets On The Hunt Of Universal Life

Professor Monica Grady, Open University discusses how meteorites, fragments of asteroids, show us the processes and materials that shaped our solar system and planet.
 Presented with Cambridge University Press

Space On Earth

Can we build a machine that can solve any problem? How can we break a code others believe unbreakable? Why do leopards have spots and zebras stripes? These questions were all answered by Alan Turing. Mathematician James Grime explores Turing's childhood fascination with maths and how it led to the breaking of the infamous Enigma cipher. Including a demonstration of an original WWII Enigma Machine!

Alan Turing And The Enigma Machine

Professor Steve Evans, Director of Research in Industrial Sustainability
Factories that forage, X-ray glasses that can see energy, why price is not value, and lots of stupid stuff as well. We will explore how the industrial system is (slowly) changing and why free energy is ignored. Professor Steve Evans explains how to be an environmental optimist and love factories.

Hay 2017

Steve Evans: Our Sustainable Industrial Future

EDX & Sam Obernik - ANGRY HEART (Album "On the Edge")

Say Hello to our 42nd podcast with our favorite talent from Beirut : Prïss 
https://soundcloud.com/prissbak

Refined Beats.That’s what she looks out for everyday, sifting through oceans of sound to collect nothing but quality.

Food scientist by day, groove aficionado by night, this Beirut-based talent is full of surprises.

With a wide spectrum of sound, spreading from laid-back Funk to hard-hitting Techno, Prïss establishes a fitting soundtrack - no matter what.

Priscilla's obsession with music led her to sharing the stage with international names such as Cassy, HVOB, Soul Button, Mihai Popoviciu, PillowTalk, No Regular Play, Baal, Darin Epsilon, Joyce Muniz and Animal Trainer, as well as landing gigs in Paris, Lyon, Austria, Switzerland and Berlin.

When she's not behind the decks, Prïss experiments - under her brand Chromatic - on venues, set-ups, visuals and blooming locals talents, merging them into unique immersive audio-visual experiences.
the world of music and realm of design share a lot in common, especially in terms of creativity & originality. Therefore, we have recently developed 
tailor-made visuals of our guest Dj’s by asking them whats their favorite flavor.
We are constantly in the hunt for fresh new talents and will do our outmost to promote them in the region and make meaningful connections.
Stand out from the flock.

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