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2020-05-15 11:30: Powering galactic superwinds with small-scale AGN winds (Tiago Costa (MPA Garching))

2020-05-22 11:30: The Biggest Splash (Vasily Belokurov (IoA))

2020-05-29 11:30: Probing Cosmic Dawn with the most distant galaxies (Nicolas Laporte (Cavendish))

2020-06-05 11:30: The demise of the Sagittarius galaxy (Eugene Vasiliev (IoA))

2020-06-19 11:30: Star formation inside galactic outflows (Roberto Maiolino (Cavendish))

2020-06-26 11:30: Tidal disruption of stars (Thomas Wevers (IoA))

2020-07-03 11:30: Understanding the epoch of reionization with Lyman-alpha emitters (Lewis Weinberger (IoA) )

2020-07-10 11:30: Fifth Force Constraints from Galaxy-Scale Tests (Aneesh Naik (IoA))

2020-07-17 11:30: A lockdown perspective on cosmic tensions (George Efstathiou (IoA))

2020-07-24 11:30:  The (chemical) history of the Milky Way told by its mergers (Oscar Agertz and Florent Renaud (Lund Observatory))

2020-08-05 15:00: Rescheduled: Cosmic Concordance or Tension:   Cosmology from combined lensing and clustering observations with KiDS and BOSS (Catherine Heymans (Edinburgh))

2020-08-11 15:00: Pushing the boundaries of the black hole binary parameter space: recent results from LIGO (Jonathan Gair (AEI Potsdam))

2020-08-18 15:00: Towards next generation galaxy formation simulations  (Debora Sijacki (IoA))

2020-08-25 15:00: A planet within the debris disk around the pre-main-sequence star AU Microscopii (Peter Plavchan (George Mason University))

2020-09-25 11:30: Supernova clustering and galactic outflows (Matthew Smith (CfA Harvard))

2020-10-02 11:30: A consistent  and robust measurement of the thermal state of the IGM at 2<z<4 with a large sample of Lyman-alpha forest spectra (Prakash Gaikwad (IoA) )

2020-10-09 11:30: New Methods for Identifying Lyman Continuum Leakers and Reionization-Epoch Analogues (Harley Katz (Oxford))

2020-10-16 11:30: The chemical enrichment of near-pristine systems: possible quenching following Reionization. (Louise Welsh (Durham))

2020-10-21 16:00: How is Human Social Cognition Special? (Dr Lasana Harris (UCL))

2020-10-23 11:30: Understanding galactic morphology using cosmological simulations with controlled initial conditions (Andrew Pontzen (UCL))

2020-10-29 18:00: Reporting on Modern Day Slavery (Felicity Lawrence)

2020-10-29 18:00: Reporting on Modern Day Slavery (Felicity Lawrence)

2020-10-29 18:00: Reporting on Modern Day Slavery (Felicity Lawrence)

2020-10-30 11:30: Population III stars: effects of UV radiation, baryon-dark matter streaming velocity, and redshift (Mihir Kulkarni (Columbia))

2020-11-06 11:30: Connecting large and small scale perturbations of the Galactic disc (Chervin Laporte (Kavli IPMU  Tokyo) )

2020-11-20 11:30: The Hubble Constant from Time Delays: Breaking Degeneracies with External Datasets (Matthew Auger (IoA))

2020-11-24 17:30: The Straits of Malacca-A Cartographic Journey using Nautical Sea Charts (Julian Candiah (Kuala Lumpur))

2020-11-27 11:30: The Impact of AGN Feedback on Simulated Dwarf Galaxies (Sophie Koudmani (IoA))

2020-12-02 16:00: The Social and Political Implications of Moral Conviction (Professor Linda Skitka (University of Illinois at Chicago))

2020-12-04 11:30: Rapidly Forming Haloes as a Route to Massive Black Holes (John Regan (Maynooth))

2020-12-11 11:30: Small-scale structure of the pre-reionization IGM in quasar proximity zones (Frederick Davies (MPIA Heidelberg))

2021-01-22 11:30: The origin of the first supermassive black holes (Ricarda Beckman (IoA))

2021-01-27 16:00: Narratives shape cognitive representations of immigrants and immigration-policy preferences (Associate Professor Mina Cikara (Harvard University))

2021-02-03 16:00: Misinformation and the distinct psychologies of believing and sharing (Professor Michael Bang Petersen (Aarhus University))

2021-02-05 11:30: Feeding and feedback from little monsters: black holes in dwarf galaxies (Mar Mezcua (ISS Barcelona))

2021-02-17 16:00: Quantifying and nudging collective intelligence (Associate Professor Anita Woolley (Carnegie Mellon University))

2021-02-19 11:30:  Dance of the Milky Way and the LMC (Denis Erkal (Surrey))

2021-02-23 14:00: Colonial Governance & Law (Diana Kim (Georgetown University) and Nurfadzilah Yahaya (University of Singapore))

2021-02-23 17:30: Polar maps and their histories: reflections on the changing fortunes of cosmography (Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge))

2021-02-24 15:00: How we know what not to think (3pm start) (Dr Fiery Cushman (Harvard University))

2021-02-26 11:30: Studying massive black holes with tidal disruption events (Hugo Pfister (NBI Copenhagen))

2021-03-03 16:00: PhD Research Talks - Sakshi Ghai and Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg (Sakshi Ghai and Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg (University of Cambridge))

2021-03-12 11:30: The Evolution and Limitations of AGN Feedback in Massive Galaxies (Michael McDonald (MIT))

2021-03-17 16:00: Do We Report the Information that is Necessary to Give Psychology Away? (Bharathy Premachandra (Cornell University))

2021-03-23 21:00: Writing International Legal History From and Through the Margins (Mira Siegelberg (University of Cambridge) and Cait Storr (University of Technology Sydney))

2021-03-26 11:30: Probing reionization with the Lyman-alpha forest and the CMB (Xiaohan Wu (Harvard))

2021-04-16 11:30: The S5 survey and the discovery of the fastest known hypervelocity star (Sergey Koposov (IfA Edinburgh))

2021-04-20 17:00: Empire & Maritime Legal History (Renisa Mawani (University of British Columbia) and Laurie Wood (Florida State University))

2021-04-28 16:00: Facing the epidemics of hate speech. (Professor Michal Bilewicz (University of Warsaw))

2021-04-30 11:30: Lyman-𝛼 as a tracer of cosmic reionisation (Thibault Garel (Geneva))

2021-05-05 16:00: For better or worse: The role of social identity in the Pandemic (Dr Jay van Bavel (NYU))

2021-05-07 11:30: Resolving the impact of outflows and small-scale structure in the CGM with TNG50 (Dylan Nelson, Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg)

2021-05-12 16:00: Origins of and solutions for conspiracy beliefs (Dolores Albarracín (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

2021-05-12 16:00: Origins of and solutions for conspiracy beliefs (Dolores Albarracín (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

2021-05-14 11:30: Black holes in globular clusters (Mark Gieles (Barcelona))

2021-05-18 15:00: Economic Law & Histories of Economic Life (Fei-Hsien Wang (Indiana University) and Lionel Bently (University of Cambridge))

2021-05-21 11:30: Tracing AGN feedback signatures from small to large scales across cosmic time (Dominika Wylezalek, Universität Heidelberg)

2021-05-28 11:30: The Cosmic Dawn simulation project: galaxy formation during the Epoch of Reionization (Pierre Ocvirk (Strasbourg) )

2021-06-15 14:00: Empire and Histories of Criminal Law  (Catherine Evans (University of Toronto) and  Joseph McQuade (University of Toronto))

2021-09-03 11:30: The causal origin of the angular momentum and of the properties of galaxies (Corentin Cadiou (UCL))

2021-10-01 11:30: The effect of inhomogeneous reionisation on the Lyman-𝛼 forest (Margherita Molaro (Nottingham) )

2021-10-07 19:30: The future of nature conservation and the Wildlife Trusts’ 30:30:30 vision (Brian Eversham, Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants)

2021-10-08 11:30: The Fundamental Plane: between galaxy evolution and cosmology (Francesco D'Eugenio (Cavendish))

2021-10-13 15:00: Not born Yesterday: Why humans are less gullible than we think (Dr Hugo Mercier (Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS))

2021-10-14 19:30: Trees for Streets (Simeon Linstead, Project Director for Trees for Streets)

2021-10-15 11:30: Driving multi-phase outflows with AGN (Tiago Costa (MPA Garching))

2021-10-19 13:00: Online seminar – How do acquisitions affect the mental health of employees? (Ramin Baghai, Associate Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics)

2021-10-20 15:00: Online seminar – Algorithmic pricing and competition: Empirical evidence from the German retail gasoline market (Daniel Ershov, Assistant Professor, Toulouse School of Economics)

2021-10-20 16:00: Saying “No” Is Harder Than We Think: Implications for Compliance and Consent (Dr Vanessa Bohns (Cornell))

2021-10-21 19:30: Restoring habitat for the Iberian lynx (Dr Harriet Allen, CNHS President)

2021-10-22 11:30: Probing ISM Physics at High-Redshift with Simulations and Local Analogues (Harley Katz (Oxford))

2021-10-27 15:00: Online seminar – Search frictions and efficiency in decentralised transport markets (Myrto Kalouptsidi, Assistant Professor, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences)

2021-10-29 11:30: The nature of the first galaxies and reionisation: challenges in the era of SKA, Roman and JWST (Anne Hutter (Groningen))

2021-11-04 16:00: Questionable measurement practices and how to avoid them (Dr Jessica Kay Flake (McGill))

2021-11-04 19:30: Biodiversity of the Hobson's Brook corridor (Dr Steve Boreham)

2021-11-05 11:30: Merger-induced galaxy transformations in the ARTEMIS simulations (Adam Dillamore (IoA))

2021-11-11 19:30: Chemical warfare (and co-operation) in the garden (Gwenda Kyd, Author)

2021-11-12 11:30: XQR30 - a legacy  sample of z>6 X-shooter QSO spectra probing reionization and the growth  of supermassive black holes (Sarah Bosman (MPIA Heidelberg))

2021-11-16 13:00: Online seminar – Bond returns and the trading of large mutual funds (Mariassunta Giannetti, Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics)

2021-11-17 16:00: Field Social Psychology (Dr Séamus A. Power, University of Copenhagen)

2021-11-18 19:30: A Trillion Trees - A trillion reasons to thrive! (April Bagwill)

2021-11-19 11:30: Dwarf stellar haloes: a powerful probe of small scale galaxy formation and the nature of dark matter (Alis Deason (Durham))

2021-11-25 19:30: The launch of the online NatHistFest (CNHS Members)

2021-11-26 11:30: How are red and blue quasars different? (Victoria Fawcett (Durham))

2021-11-30 13:00: Online seminar – Value creation in shareholder activism (Enrique Schroth, Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School)

2021-12-01 16:00: Cognition in (social) context: A social-interactionist approach to emergent phenomena (Dr Alin Coman (Princeton))

2021-12-02 19:30: The Convention on Biodiversity and conservation in the Caribbean (Ellie Devenish-Nelson and Howard Nelson)

2021-12-10 11:30: Exploring the Cold Universe: From Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei, Interstellar to Circumgalactic Media at z ~ 5 - 7  (Seiji Fujimoto (Copenhagen))

2022-01-18 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Edith Hotchkiss (Boston College))

2022-01-19 14:30: Genome Organization through Phase Separation: Random yet Precise (Dr Bin Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2022-01-26 14:30: The origin of enantioselectivity in photochemical reactions with diarylprolinol silyl ether catalysts (Ching Ching Lam, University of Cambridge)

2022-01-26 15:00: Realistic simulations of IR spectra using path-integrals: quasicentroid molecular dynamics (Christopher Haggard, University of Cambridge)

2022-01-27 19:30: ** Audience Choice ** (Jonathan Shanklin)

2022-01-28 11:30: The Thesan Project - simulating the high redshift Universe (Mark Vogelsberger (MIT))

2022-01-28 17:00: Maritime Borderlands, Conflict, and the Law (Jatin Dua (University of Michigan) and Nicholas W. Stephenson Smith (Northwestern))

2022-02-02 14:30: Variational calculations of monoatomic endofullerenes (Kripa Panchagnula, University of Cambridge)

2022-02-03 19:30: The Bird Room at the Museum of Zoology (Daniel Field)

2022-02-04 11:30: Solving Reionization with Resolved Lyman-alpha (Rohan Naidu (CfA) )

2022-02-10 19:30: Photographing the Wonders of the Insect World (Ann Miles)

2022-02-11 11:30: A giant molecular halo around a z ∼ 2 quasar (Claudia Cicone (Oslo))

2022-02-11 19:30: The Fenland Flora (Owen Mountford, Fenland Flora project)

2022-02-17 19:30: Using Sound to Study the Behaviour of Wild Wolves, Coyotes and Jackals (Arik Kershenbaum)

2022-02-18 11:30: The fundamental plane of massive galaxies: confronting observations with realistic simulations (Anna de Graaff (Leiden))

2022-02-24 19:30: Peatbogs (Brian Eversham, Chief Executive, Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants)

2022-03-01 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Stefano Giglio (Yale))

2022-03-02 16:00: The Cooperative Animal (Michael Tomasello (Duke))

2022-03-03 19:30: Lower Wood (Duncan Mackay)

2022-03-08 16:00: International Criminal Law, War Crimes, and the Politics of the Past  (Francine Hirsch (University of Wisconsin at Madison) & Barrie Sander (Leiden University))

2022-03-09 16:00: Reconsidering the relationship between personality and politics (Bert Bakker (Amsterdam))

2022-03-10 19:30: Measuring and Monitoring Surface Melting on an Antarctic Ice Shelf (Rebecca Dell, Scott Polar Institute)

2022-03-11 11:30: The growth of supermassive black holes in the absence of mergers and the effect on their host galaxies (Rebecca Smethurst (University of Oxford))

2022-03-15 13:00: Title to be confirmed (David Yermack (NYU))

2022-03-16 15:00: Understanding the effects of repetition on belief (Lisa Fazio (Vanderbilt))

2022-03-17 19:30: How many butterflies are there in the Western Palaearctic? (Martin Davies)

2022-03-18 11:30: A Color-Independent Approach to Galaxy and Quasar Evolution through Absorption Spectroscopy (Jens-Kristian Krogager, University of Lyon (CRAL))

2022-03-24 19:30: Fenland Flora (Owen Mountford, Fenland Flora project)

2022-03-25 11:30: The Formation and Evolution of Massive Black Holes (Melanie Habouzit (MPIA Heidelberg))

2022-10-13 19:30: The Archives of Cambridge Natural History Society (Monica Frisch, CNHS Archivist)

2022-10-20 19:30: 22 years of Demonstration and Research for Nature-friendly Farming (Georgie Bray, RSPB)

2022-10-27 19:30: Natural History from Above (Harriet Allen, President CNHS)

2022-11-10 19:30: The Nature of Cambridge (Contributing Authors)

2022-11-17 19:30: Operation Turtle Dove (Bethany Kiamil, RSPB Conservation Officer)

2022-11-23 17:00: The Chemical Physics of Correlated Materials (Professor Garnet Chan, Caltech)

2022-11-24 19:30: Launch of the 3rd online Nat Hist Fest (Speaker to be confirmed)

2023-02-09 19:30: In Search of Wild Tulips (Brett Wilson, Department of Plant Sciences)

2023-02-16 19:30: Reconstructing Past Abrupt Climate Change in Patagonia (Joshua Pike)

2023-03-09 19:30: Churches, Churchyards and Cemeteries (Jonathan Shanklin,  Vice-County Recorder for Cambridgeshire.)

2023-03-16 19:30: Climate Stories from Yew Trees (Tatiana Bebchuk)

2023-03-23 19:30: Lost Chalk Streams of Newmarket and Cambridge (Kevin Hand, CNHS Vice-President)

2023-03-30 19:30: Cool as a caterpillar (Esme Ashe-Jepson)

2023-10-19 19:30: People Power for Nature (Pete Exley, RSPB)

2023-11-02 19:30: The Climate Crisis and Atolls in the South Pacific (Liam Saddington)

2023-11-16 19:30: Fieldwork: A Dendrochronologist's perspective of Science, Life and Adventure (Paul Krusic)

2023-11-30 19:30: Biodiversity and Geology in Peru (Morag Hunter)

2024-02-15 19:30: Habitat associations of British butterflies and their foodplants: implications for conservation (Esme Ashe-Jepson)

2024-03-14 19:30: What and Where I Record (Jonathan Shanklin)

2024-03-21 19:30: Moth Trapping in Cambridge (Duncan Mackay)

2024-11-14 19:30: Studying Speciation in the Small Ermine Moths (Yponomeuta) (Nathan Clark)