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4. Emmanuelle Charpentier
   describes her groundbreaking
   work on CRISPR-Cas9, gene
   editing technology that
   will revolutionize the life
   sciences. MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


5. Edvard Moser talks about
   his amazing research on how
   the brain maps space, which
   happens in the hippocampus.
   MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


6. Jill Tarter delivers a
   landmark “state of the
   union” address on where
   we stand with the search
   for life in the universe.
   MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


7. Space shuttle and
   International Space Station
   astronaut Sandy Magnus
   recalls her experiences in
   orbit and the perspective
   they provide on Earth below.
   MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


8. Apollo 16 astronaut
   Charlie Duke describes the
   science he and John Young
   conducted on the lunar
   surface. MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


9. Stephen Hawking
   addresses the Starmus
   audience remotely from
   Cambridge, England,
   carefully weighing the
   prospects for the future of
   humanity. MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


10. David Eicher opens
    the festival with a welcome
    and an introduction, and
    commences hosting the
    first day. THOR NIELSEN/NTNU


11. Climate scientist
    Katharine Hayhoe gives a
    spectacular lecture on the
    realities of global warming.
    MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


12. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt
    describes his exploration
    of the lunar surface during
    Apollo 17 and reflects on
    being in the last group of
    explorers to the Moon.
    MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


13. Columbia University
    economist Jeffrey Sachs
    delivers a commanding
    performance in his exposé
    on dark money in American
    politics, garnering a standing
    ovation from the festival
    crowd. MAX ALEXANDER/STARMUS


14. Guitarist Steve Vai, left,
    jams with Grace Potter and
    Nuno Bettancourt during
    the Sonic Universe Concert.

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