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BE PART OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST FESTIVAL OF IDEAS & DISCOVERIES  At New Scientist Live you'll find thought-provoking talks across our four themed stages: the Universe stage, our Planet stage, the Mind and Body stage and the Future stage, all brought to you by people shaping the world of science and technology. You'll also discover a host of mind-blowing feature areas and amazing interactive experiences on the show-floor.  FIND OUT MORE & BOOK YOUR TICKETS A limited number of early bird tickets are available for either Saturday 8th or Sunday 9th October, or you can save more by booking a weekend ticket. SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER Speakers featuring on our Planet stage and the Universe stage on Saturday include: The hidden science of weather Simon Clark, Filmmaker and Science Communicator   Why wasps matter Seirian Sumner, Behavioural Ecologist, UCL The biggest number in the world Agnijo Banerjee, Mathematician SATURDAY TALKS INCLUDE: The joy of abstraction | The dark universe: seeing the invisible | Elusive: The story of Peter Higgs and his boson | Black holes | The dark history and troubling present of eugenics | A brief history of your brain | The secret body | 'Believing the unbelievable: the science of paranoia and conspiracy thinking | Rebel Cell: A new view of an old disease | Hand to mouth: The language puzzle | Nomad Century: the great climate upheaval | Wonderdog! How we came to know that dogs are so smart | An ocean of salt | The pattern seekers | Making sense of screen time | How to spend a trillion dollars   FIND OUT MORE SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER Speakers featuring on the Mind and Body stage and the Future stage on Sunday include: DNA family secrets Turi King, Geneticist, University of Leicester   The geological record of climate change Christopher Jackson, Geologist, Jacobs    Can science save the world? Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal SUNDAY TALKS INCLUDE: The hidden universe | A new force of nature at the LHC? | Exploring ocean worlds | The science of exploding stars | Physics experiments that changed the world | Faecal Microbiota Transplantation from bench to bedside | Can fish count? | The human body: Design disaster | The body and self-consciousness | The deep chemistry of life and death | Exploring the deep sea | It's not easy being Green | The Earth: A biography of a living planet | Neanderthals: Exploring complex minds | A world-record breaking attempt to create star power | Mathematics is our superpower | The future of UK science and innovation   FIND OUT MORE NEW FOR 2022  BRAND NEW FORMAT COMBINING THE BEST OF LIVE AND VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES   This year’s show will be streamed live, meaning that if you can’t attend physically, you can follow along digitally. With an online ticket, viewers can even send questions to the speakers and will also have on-demand access to the talks for 12 months after the show.  There's only a limited number of early bird tickets available. Book today to get the best discount. FIND OUT MORE & BOOK YOUR TICKETS Facebook Twitter Instagram Feature Partner  Feature Partner  Feature Partner  Schools' Day Sponsor Charity Partner  Media Partner  This email has been sent to submitpostforlive@gmail.com UNSUBSCRIBE from the New Scientist Events emails   MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT to select which emails you receive PRIVACY POLICY CONTACT US   Disclaimer This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) ("Intended Recipient") to whom it is addressed. It may contain information which is privileged and confidential. Accordingly any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any of its content by any person other than the Intended Recipient may constitute a breach of civil or criminal law and is strictly prohibited. If you are not the Intended Recipient, please contact the sender as soon as possible.   We and our third party service providers may use cookies and other web technologies in conjunction with this email. These technologies are used to understand activity with this email and on certain portions of our website. This enables us to improve our site, your experience on our site, and the offerings that we may provide to you. If you do not want these technologies placed on your device, please opt-out of receiving emails from us. Copyright New Scientist Registered Office: New Scientist, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, London, W8 5TT Registered in England under Company No. 10644366 Australian mailing address: PO Box 2315, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia Registered in Australia under ABN 22 621 413 170