Join us for a mind-blowing festival of ideas and experiences
11 February 2022
Our award-winning festival, New Scientist Live is back to stimulate, challenge and inspire with some of today’s biggest scientific discoveries and ideas.
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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?
28 April 2020
Being intelligent has allowed our species to conquer the world. Mark Maslin explains why evolution favoured an unusually brainy ape.
Martin Rees: Humanity's future – predictions for the next century
2 December 2019
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees makes some predictions on humanity's future, and calls for coordinated global action to ward off threats from biotech, cyber technologies and advanced AI
Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?
19 November 2018
Evolutionary biologist Judith Mank explores the purpose of sex, and why its evolution can lead to males and females that look and behave differently.
David Reich: The truth about us, and where we come from
12 October 2018
Harvard geneticist David Reich and his team are DNA testing the bones of ancient humans. Their explosive results are still coming in, but one thing is already certain: much of what we thought we knew about human history is simply wrong
