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Our biggest experiment: A history of the climate crisis

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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