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BANG LIVE IN EDINBURGH
You must enable javascript to play contentBang LIVE rolls into Edinburgh on 15-17 April. Meet the presenters, watch the show and get hands-on with science in the interactive area.
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THE SCIENCE OF RISK
You must enable javascript to play contentProfessor David Spiegelhalter and Dr Mike Aitken discuss the science of risk and why understanding uncertainty is vital for our society.
Do some citizen science by taking the Big Risk Test -
Weekly Web Pick
Lynne in Aberdeen asked: How do night-vision goggles work and why is everything green? So Dr Yan headed into the night to find out, using hi-tech specs and a thermal imaging device.
Watch Dr Yan explain night-vision goggles -
Dr Yan measures the speed of light
Find out how to measure lightspeed using some bread, butter and your microwave oven.
Watch Dr Yan measure the speed of light - in his kitchen. -
Dr Yan's lightspeed car
Dr Yan answers the intriguing question: What happens if I turn the headlights on in a car going at the speed of light?
Watch Dr Yan use a toy car set to tackle the speed of light -
Room with a view
The Royal Observatory's 'onion dome' was the location for Dallas' item on citizen science. The telescope dates from 1893, and is still the seventh largest of its kind in the world.
The 28-inch Greenwich refracting telescope
Credits
- Series Producer
- Paul King
- Series Editor
- Dermot Caulfield
- Presenter
- Liz Bonnin
- Presenter
- Dallas Campbell
- Presenter
- Jem Stansfield
- Presenter
- Yan Wong
Broadcasts
The Open University
If Bang stirs your interest in science then visit The Open University and discover more.
