In this talk she describes the connections between her research and her own family history, and explains why these cells - for so long overlooked in favour of neurons - may be the key to understanding much about the brain we don't yet know. Where there is sadness, joy.īeth Stevens talks about the brain cells most people have never heard of, and suggests what they might have to teach us.īeth is a neuroscientist and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, who in 2015 was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship - the so-called 'genius grant' - for her work on microglial cells. On that day the peace of Christmas triumphed over the brutality of war.Īnd on this day we celebrate the hope-filled Christmas message of light entering the darkness and the darkness not overcoming it. It was a glimpse of the power of the Christmas story to create friends out of enemies. A British soldier, named John Ferguson, recounted : “Here we were laughing and chatting to men whom only a few hours before we were trying to kill!” The iconic image of that moment was the spontaneous football game which was played between the sides. Men sang carols together, they drank together.
On Christmas Eve however, British soldiers heard carol singing coming from the German trenches.Īt first the British soldiers feared a trap but seeing a couple of unarmed soldiers approaching across No Man’s Land they too cautiously crawled out, and by and large a truce was declared for Christmas. His request to the various governments fell on deaf ears. In 1914 with the outbreak of World War One Pope Benedict the 15th called for a truce on Christmas day, to allow the troops on all sides to cease hostilities and take time to worship. Merry Christmas, these words refer to the festival of the divine interruption - the arrival of one known as the Prince of Peace into a chaotic and tumultuous world
SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m0012r83)īBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.Ī spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Azariah France-Williams, priest, author and broadcaster. The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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