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Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 October 2022 | Friday 7 October Dedicated Schools Day

View this email in your browser  Book your tickets before Sunday 25th September to get the early bird discount Join us for an incredible weekend of thought-provoking talks, ground-breaking discoveries and performances. BOOK YOUR TICKETS This year's show will also be streamed live, meaning that if you can't attend physically, you can follow along digitally. THE FOUR THEMED STAGES THE FUTURE Your chance to find out about the world of tomorrow. Whether it's AI, the power of mathematics or how to spend a trillion dollars to save the planet, the Future Stage is the place to hear about the innovations that will power the technology of the next decades. Speakers and talks include:    CAN SCIENCE SAVE THE WORLD? Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD OF CHANGE Christopher Jackson, Geologist, Jacobs AN OCEAN OF SALT Helen Czerski  Associate Professor, University College London Other talks on the Future Stage include: Mathematics is our superpower  |   How to spend a trillion dollars  |   The biggest number in the world  |  The pattern seekers  |  Making sense of screen time  | The future of UK science and innovation FIND OUT MORE MIND AND BODY We'll be delving into your body to uncover the secrets of the immune system, a new view of cancer and even the science behind faecal transplants. Speakers will explore the mysteries of the mind to answer why we fall for conspiracies and how our conscious brains perceive our bodies. Speakers and talks include:   DNA FAMILY SECRETS Turi King, Geneticist, University of Leicester A BRIEF HISTORY OF YOUR BRAIN Emma Byrne, Author WHAT ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD DOES TO YOUR BODY Chris van Tulleken, UCLH and Xand van Tulleken, LSHTM Other talks on the Mind and Body Stage include: The dark history and troubling present of eugenics  |  The human body: Design disaster  |  Can fish count?  |  Science of paranoia and conspiracy thinking  |  The secret body  |  Rebel Cell: A new view of an old disease  |  Faecal Microbiota Transplantation from bench to bedside  |  The body and self-consciousness FIND OUT MORE OUR PLANET The home for all things environmental, from in-depth analysis of the climate crisis to the truth about what dogs are thinking. We'll examine everything from wasps to Neanderthals to showcase the full diversity of life on Earth. Speakers and talks include:  WONDERDOG! HOW WE CAME TO KNOW THAT DOGS ARE SMART Jules Howard, Zoological correspondent, science-writer and author EXPLORING THE DEEP SEA Helen Scales, Writer, Broadcaster and Marine Biologist  NEANDERTHALS: EXPLORING COMPLEX MINDS Rebecca Wragg Sykes, Honorary Fellow, University of Liverpool Other talks on the Our Planet Stage include: Nomad Century: the great climate upheaval  |  The deep chemistry of life and death  |  Why wasps matter  |  The Earth: A biography of a living planet  |  It's not easy being Green  |  Hand to mouth: The language puzzle FIND OUT MORE THE UNIVERSE Find answers to some of the most fundamental questions in science, from the structure of matter to the discovery of the Higgs boson. From quantum to the cosmos, you can expect talks to expand the mind. Speakers and talks include: THE JOY OF ABSTRACTION Eugenia Cheng, Scientist in Residence, Art Institute of Chicago  ELUSIVE: THE STORY OF PETER HIGGS AND HIS BOSON Frank Close, Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford BLACK HOLES Jeff Forshaw, Professor of Particle Physics, University of Manchester  Other talks on the Universe Stage include: A new force of nature at the LHC?  |  Physics experiments that changed the world  |  The hidden science of weather, climate change and the air that surrounds us  |  The hidden universe  FIND OUT MORE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT ENDS SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER FIND OUT MORE & BOOK YOUR TICKETS Feature Partner Feature Partner Feature Partner Charity Partner Schools' Day Sponsor Media Partner Update preferences  |  Help  |  Contact us View in browser This email has been sent to submitpostforlive@gmail.com.   Unsubscribe from New Scientist Events emails Do not reply directly to this email. If you have an enquiry, please contact us using the relevant contact details listed here. Copyright © New Scientist Ltd Registered Office: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT Registered in England. No.10644366 Australian mailing address: PO Box 2315, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia Registered in Australia. ABN 22 621 413 170   Privacy Policy  |  Terms & Conditions