"The Crime Experiment": Eminent criminologist Prof Lawrence Sherman has just set up a long term experiment with the police, to scientifically study crime in Manchester and come up with some solutions. This experiment will study crime hot spots and try out a technique Prof Sherman has developed in USA to lessen crime throughout the city by changing policing at these locations. This is the first time such a systematic experiment on city crime has been mounted in the UK.
Cambridge Ideas is an ongoing series of short documentaries that present cutting edge research from the University of Cambridge together with comment and opinion on matters of global significance.
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March 18, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Don't Eat the Plants": Are plants as defenseless as they appear? See the world how the plants do, as Professor John Parker, explores how plants -- the 'great chemists…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "The Crime Experiment": Eminent criminologist Prof Lawrence Sherman has just set up a long term experiment with the police, to scientifically study crime in Manchester…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Professor Risk": David Spiegelhalter's proper title is Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk. He is in two minds (literally) about playing it safe or chucking…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "The Music In Me": Dr. Jason Rentfrow of the University of Cambridge has been researching the links between personality and musical taste. The studies reveal that many…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Strange Seas of Thought": A journey into Wordsworth's mind and the process of creation. The experiments that have led to great scientific discoveries are widely…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "How Many Lightbulbs?": Cambridge University physicist, David Mackay, in a passionate, personal analysis of the energy crisis in the UK, in which he comes to some…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "The Boat Race: A Perfect Crew?": Striving for, and achieving, high performance in teams has become a major business imperative. Drawing on two years of ethnographic…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Sticky Feet": Ants have incredibly sticky feet. With them, they can hang onto ceilings while carrying 100 times their body weight. But if they are stuck down so…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Just Add Water": Follow Dr. Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests the super-powers of Rotifers. Discover…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Vanishing Voices": Of the world's 6,500 living languages, half will cease to be spoken by the end of this century. Dr. Mark Turin, director of the World Oral Literature…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Seven Ages of the Body": Dr John Robb is an archaeologist and has been studying how people have understood the human body over the last 10,000 years. Over time his…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Forgotten Heroes": A Cambridge University archaeologist, along with two other researchers in Guernsey, has uncovered a previously unseen archive featuring the…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "The Emotional Computer": Can computers understand emotions? Can computers express emotions? Can they feel emotions? This video shows how emotions can be used to improve…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "This Icy World": Cambridge University glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell has spent three years of his life in the polar regions. As Director of the Scott Polar…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Memories of Old Awake": Cambridge University academic, Dr Emily Lethbridge, explores the centuries-old Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur) during a unique year-long…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "The Future of Energy?": Today, we consume a truly vast amount of energy - with demand continuing to skyrocket at an alarming rate. We know that producing this energy…
March 19, 2020
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.embed-container .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed "Darwin's Women": The Darwin Correspondence Project is researching Charles Darwin's letters and has so far located more than 15,000 he either sent or received. The full…
