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Our biggest experiment: A history of the climate crisis

RSA Event / Video

16 Sep 2021

Writer and campaigner Alice Bell offers a new perspective on the climate crisis, exploring deep back-stories and fascinating characters in the history of climate science.
5 Minute Life Lessons with Vanessa Van Edwards

Video

26 Jul 2017

Watch this backstage interview with Vanessa Van Edwards, behavioural investigator and author of 'Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People'.
Yuval Harari on The Future of Humankind

Video

26 Sep 2016

Bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari provides a vision of the challenges and opportunities that will face humankind.
Helen Pearson on The Life Project

Video

15 Aug 2016

Science journalist Helen Pearson reveals insights from the five birth cohort studies begun in 1940s Britain, that form the basis of how we understand inequality and health today.
5 Minute Life Lesson with Cosmologist Martin Rees

Video

22 Jun 2016

Martin Rees reveals how work is an important part of life satisfaction, although having dignity and respect is of utmost importance.
David Deutsch on Optimism

Video

13 Nov 2015

Physicist David Deutsch and cosmologist Martin Rees lead a special event exploring the theme of optimism as a force for 21st century progress.
Susan Greenfield on Mind Change

Video

02 Oct 2014

Leading neuroscientist Susan Greenfield considers the vast range of technologies that are creating a new environment around us, and asks: how can we ensure these powerful forces bring out the best in us, and allow us to lead more meaningful, more creative lives?
Yuval Harari on Imagined Realities

Video

09 Sep 2014

Harari invites us to not only connect past developments with present challenges, but to question our basic narratives of the world; and to imagine how humankind will use its power to create in the decades to come.
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Video

03 Jul 2014

Nick Bostrom is founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford Martin School.
The Self is Not an Illusion

Video

22 May 2014

Mary Midgley is a moral philosopher, Rob Newman is a writer