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Our celebrations of science ran in digital form throughout 2020-21. 

Explore this series of virtual events below, which included pub quizzes, podcasts, playlists and livestreamed interviews. 

Imperial Lates Online are most suitable for over 18s.

 

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Back to Nature

Join an artist and plant scientist at a plant drawing workshop, see who triumphed in our great outdoors-inspired poetry slam, and watch a debate on lockdown’s impact on the environment.

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Staying Connected

How can technology help us to feel closer to friends and family? Catch up with our events as we imagine a new interconnected future.

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Healthcare Heroes

Hear personal stories from those who are working on the pandemic frontline and those who are developing the hospitals of the future.

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Wellbeing

Explore how science is helping us understand and improve our mental and physical health.

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Food for thought

Catch up on our events to find comfort and inspiration in food, from chemical cook-alongs and science cocktails, to the health facts behind new dietary trends.

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Enjoy past Lates

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Relationships

Explore the science behind some of the defining features of human life: relationships, love and attraction.

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The Sun

Celebrate the Sun and its life-giving energy as we discover the latest research about our nearest star.

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Wildlife

Explore the wonders of the animal kingdom with scientists and conservationists working to understand and protect wildlife in the UK and worldwide.

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Missed an event? You can catch up with recordings of Lates from our 2021-22 and 2020-21 seasons on Imperial College London’s YouTube channel.

Watch this Imperial Lates discussion, where Professor Murray Shanahan, cognitive robotics researcher at Imperial and Google DeepMind, and scientific consultant on the British Sci-fi film Ex Machina, are joined by science fiction authors. Play video
Watch this Imperial Lates discussion, where Professor Murray Shanahan, cognitive robotics researcher at Imperial and Google DeepMind, and scientific consultant on the British Sci-fi film Ex Machina, are joined by science fiction authors.

Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?

Watch this Imperial Lates discussion, where Professor Murray Shanahan, cognitive robotics researcher at Imperial and Google DeepMind, and scientific consultant on the British Sci-fi film Ex Machina, are joined by science fiction authors Aifric Campbell and Anita Chandran. Together they explore whether advances in AI and robots could ever result in human-machine companionship.