Selected lectures from Mini-Science 2011: Better living through chemistry? are now available as webcasts and podcasts, both from and from . Listen or watch, when you want, where you want, at no charge!
- Chemicals for better and for worse. Joe Schwarcz, Ph.D., Director, Office for Science and Society. March 16, 2011.
- From the chemistry of chicken soup to the chemistry of the brain and behaviour. Amir Raz, Ph.D., Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Psychology. March 23, 2011.
- From Jesuit's bark to synchrotrons - the rise and fall of an antimalarial. Scott Bohle, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry. March 30, 2011.
- Biofuels — sustainable energy as the oil runs out? Donald Smith, Ph.D.,Department of Plant Science. April 6, 2011.
- The dance of the molecules in cells. Paul Wiseman, Ph.D., Departments of Chemistry and Physics. April 13, 2011.
- Nuclear power — energy for the future? Ariel Fenster, Ph.D., Office for Science and Society. April 20, 2011.
- The magic of chemistry. Professors Ariel Fenster, David Harpp and Joe Schwarcz, Office for Science and Society. April 27, 2011.
You can read a synopsis of each talk on our Schedule webpage.
More Mini-Science webcasts available:
- Mini-Science 2010: Pseudoscience: From Quirks to Quacks.
- Mini-Science 2009: To infinity and beyond: Space, stars & the universe.
- Mini-Science 2008: Ecology, Evolution, and Extinction.
- Mini-Science 2007: The Brain.