BBC Focus - 09.2019

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“e realreasonwhy

I’mopposedtoreligion

is that it stuntsthe

understanding ofthe

wonderful Universe in

which we live”

FEATURES

68

SHOCK THERAPY

50

PLANET NINE

42 E C O - C I T I E S

Withoverpopulationand

climatechangetakingtheir

tollonourcities,engineers

andurbanplannersare

dreamingupsome innovative

ways to live.

50 PLANETNINE

BeyondNeptune,a fewsmall

worldsaremovingin

harmony.Is a hugeninth

planet pulling them around?

62 R I C H A R DD A W K I N S

RichardDawkinschats

aboutfaith,￿atEarthers

and Facebook.

68 S H O C KT H E R A P Y

Doeselectroconvulsive

therapyo￿era life-saving

treatment?

74 O V E R P O P U L A T I O N

C R I S I S

Shouldwestophavingkids

to save the planet?

62

RICHARD DAWKINS