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Ancestors: A pre-history of Britain in seven burials with Alice Roberts

1 November 2023

In this talk, Alice Roberts chooses seven burials to help to tell the story of British prehistory, from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. She delves into the history of each discovery - and looks at how the new science of genomics is revolutionising...


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The Science of Can and Can’t with Chiara Marletto

1 November 2023

In this talk, Chiara Marletto discusses this revolutionary approach, which holds extraordinary promise for confronting existing challenges in fundamental physics. From delivering next generation of programmable machines, to even understanding how the...


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The anatomy of friendship with Robin Dunbar

1 November 2023

Friendships are also very expensive because, if we want friendships to work for us, we have to invest a lot of time in maintaining them. In this talk, Robin Dunbar will explain how our brains create friendships for us.


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Big Thinkers Series

1 November 2023

Renowned for their bold vision and daring ideas, the greatest minds in science today discuss their transformative research The new Big Thinkers series from New Scientist events features ten online lectures in 2021, covering everything from...


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Listening to the universe with gravitational waves

1 November 2023

The two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) opened the era of gravitational-wave astronomy in 2015, with the first detection of gravitational waves from a binary black hole system. Since then, tens of events have...


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The greatest physics experiments in the world

1 November 2023

Hear from experts at the leading-edge of scientific discovery in our brand-new online event series: ‘Greatest Physics Experiments in the World’ including those who work on enormous experiments like the Large Hadron Collider or the James Webb...


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The science of health and wellbeing: diet, exercise, sleep and how to be happy

1 November 2023

Join us at our brand-new masterclasses and learn how to take an evidence-based approach to your health and wellbeing. Our team of experts will help you cut through the myths and sensational headlines with the latest research and helpful advice around...


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The science of happiness: Why is laughter funny?

1 November 2023

Laughter is more like an animal call than it is like speech – but it’s also one of our most important forms of communication. You are also 30 times more likely to laugh if there is someone else there than when you are in your own. In...


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Nutrition and mental health

1 November 2023

Nutrition plays a fundamental role in maintaining good mental health. Poor diet and poor mental health are highly correlated and gut microbes should not be ignored when discussing mental health. In this talk Dr Ted Dinan will look at our current understanding...


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True crime: the science of psychopaths and forensics

1 November 2023

A night of crime with New Scientist.  Find out what truly makes a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create Killing Eve’s Villanelle. Mark Freestone has worked on some of the most interesting, infamous and disturbing psychopath...


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