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Talk by fusion physicist Alan Costley on the race to commercialise nuclear fusion and whether the East and West should collaborate or compete.

Royal Institution Discourse by Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu on how the pharmaceutical industry uses nanotechnology to guide drugs to diseased tissue.

Halloween show in which actor-comedian Steve McNeil and Michael Cutts use Victorian scientific equipment to recreate 19th-century experiments on the paranormal.

Evening lecture by Robbert Dijkgraaf, with the Embassy of the Netherlands, on the Einstein Telescope and its role in discovery and diplomacy.

Talk by analytical bioengineer Parastoo Hashemi on the chemistry of the brain and the theories of depression at The Royal Institution.