New Scientist - July 27, 2019

IN AN AGE OF

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AND VIRTUAL REALITY,

WHAT DOES IT MEAN

TO BE HUMAN?

BUDDHIST MONK GELONG THUBTEN

AND NEUROSCIENTIST ASH RANPURA

ARE WE ALONE

IN THE UNIVERSE?

ASTRONOMER AVI LOEB

THE ASTONISHING

TALE OF HOMO NALEDI:

WHAT IS THE TRUE

STORY OF HUMANKIND?

PALAEOANTHROPOLOGIST LEE BERGER

WHAT IS LIFE?

PAUL DAVIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

CLIMATE ADAPTATION

IN CROPS: A POISONED

CHALICE?

FORMER CHIEF SCIENTIST TO

THE UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

JACQUELINE MCGLADE

WHAT ARE THE LIMITS

OF AI? OF INTELLIGENCE

AND HUMANITY MORE

BROADLY?

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

JOANNA BRYSON

HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN

BY SOME OF THE BIGGEST

THINKERS AND IDEAS AT

THE WORLD’S GREATEST

SCIENCE FESTIVAL

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HOW FAST IS THE

UNIVERSE GROWING?

AND WHEN DID IT

ALL BEGIN?

COSMOLOGIST JO DUNKLEY

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