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A MIND-BLOWING SCIENCE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO! JOIN US IN-PERSON OR WATCH ONLINE New Scientist Live Manchester and Online is fast approaching, so be sure to secure your virtual or in-person tickets as we bring the energy, intelligence and humour of New Scientist magazine to life next weekend.  With fascinating talks from leading experts including Jim Al-Khalili, Giles Yeo and Turi King, and subjects ranging from the origin of life to exploring the deepest oceans and how your mindset shapes your health, happiness, and longevity, you’re certain to leave informed and entertained.  FIND OUT MORE | BOOK YOUR TICKETS MEET FOUR OF OUR EXPERT SPEAKERS Jim Al-Khalili Professor of Theoretical Physics University of Surrey   BRAIN AND BODY   TOWARDS A RATIONAL LIFE: HOW THINKING SCIENTIFICALLY CAN HELP NAVIAGATE TODAY'S WORLD The modern world is complex and unpredictable, and we navigate through it the best we can.  But there are steps that can be taken that give us some control over the way we deal with the complexity of the world.  Jim Al-Khalili borrows from what is best about the scientific method and suggests ways to apply it to our daily lives to help us confidently navigate modern life. FIND OUT MORE   BRAIN AND BODY TALKS INCLUDE...     A RATIONAL LIFE | DNA FAMILY SECRETS | WHY CALORIES DON’T COUNT | HOW YOUR MINDSET SHAPES YOUR HEALTH, AND HAPPINESS| HOW TO TACKLE STRESS & FEAR | MALE MENTAL HEALTH | YOUR SECRET BODY | PERSONAL GENETIC TESTING | HOW COOPERATION SHAPED THE WORLD | WHY DO PEOPLE BELIEVE CONSPIRACY THEORIES? | ANTIBIOTICS IN CRISIS | SIX BIGGEST UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN MATHS  Rebecca Smethurst, Astrophysicist, University of Oxford BOOK NOW   THE UNIVERSE   HOW TO GROW A SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE When we think of black holes, we often think of them as endless hoovers, sucking up anything around them. In reality though, it’s very difficult to grow a black hole; to get matter close enough to that point of no return. Instead, most matter will happily orbit a black hole. Just like the Earth orbits the Sun, the Sun orbits a supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way over 4 million times more massive than the Sun itself. So if it’s difficult to grow a black hole, how in the universe did supermassive black holes like this get so big?   UNIVERSE TALKS INCLUDE...   MUONS: A NEW FORCE OF NATURE? | ICE GIANTS | SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES | A ROUGH GUIDE TO SPACE TRAVEL | THE INVISIBLE UNIVERSE  Michael Marshall, Freelance science writer FIND OUT MORE   THE EARTH   THE QUEST FOR LIFE'S ORIGIN How did life on Earth begin? This is one of the most profound questions we can ask, and for almost a century, a small band of eccentric scientists has struggled to explain it. There are many proposals, and each idea has attracted believers who promote it fervently, as well as detractors who reject it with equal passion. However, it now seems all these ideas are profoundly wrong. Most aim to kick-start life with just one component, like a gene. But this doesn’t work. Instead, it may be that life began with all its major components, just in drastically simplified form.   EARTH TALKS INCLUDE..     THE QUEST FOR LIFE’S ORIGIN | CLIMATE CHANGE | FUTURE AIR POLLUTION | EXPLORING THE DEEP OCEAN | HOW WE CAN SAVE THE PLANET | HOW TO SURVIVE AN ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE Beth Singler, Junior Research Fellow in AI, Cambridge University BOOK NOW   TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERNIG    AI: FRIEND OR FOE? Drawing on her anthropological research, Beth Singler will explore the hopes and fears that AI and robots inspire in us. From AI assistants to the A-level algorithm, from Sophia the Hanson Robot to the cute helper friends of films like Wall-E, the ways in which we imagine and interact with AI shape and determine our visions of the future. Are we in danger of trusting the machines too much, even the fake ones, and making them our new "gods"? Or conversely are we always going to be afraid of the "robopocalypse" and the machines turning on us? Beth will disentangle what we truly think.   TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING TALKS INCLUDE...     TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING | AI: FRIEND OR FOE? | ONE ATOM TH IN MATERIALS | NANO: THE SPECTACULAR SCIENCE OF THE VERY (VERY) SMALL | UNDERSTANDING THE RISK OF URBAN FIRE  WHAT'S INCLUDED IN A NEW SCIENTIST LIVE VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON TICKET... 28 though-provoking talks on technology and the earth to the universe, and the body and brain. Hear from 30+ world-class science speakers renowned for their bold vision, daring ideas and transformative research. Practical health and wellbeing advice from our expert brain and body speakers. More than 26 hours of incredible content. Live Q&A sessions with all speakers. On-demand access to all talks for 12 months. Catch-up on any talks that you missed or re-watch your favourite talks. 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