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Baobab trees at sunset at the avenue of the baobabs in Madagascar

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Darwin, Wallace, and the joint discovery of natural selection

Online 3 September 2026

Cheshire, England

Mysteries of the universe: Cheshire, England

Cheshire, England 11-13 September 2026

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Chasing totality: How to view and photograph the 2026 solar eclipse

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Jim Al-Khalili: Everything you need to know about time

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Why Europe could get colder as Earth gets hotter

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The Dog Stars author Peter Heller on how he wrote about the end of the world

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The cave where Neanderthals met Homo sapiens

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We still don’t know when humans began

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The paradox that breaks the laws of physics | John Goold

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Science-inspired journeys for curious minds

New Scientist Live

Darwin, Wallace, and the joint discovery of natural selection

Mysteries of the universe: Cheshire, England

Chasing totality: How to view and photograph the 2026 solar eclipse

Jim Al-Khalili: Everything you need to know about time

Why Europe could get colder as Earth gets hotter

The Dog Stars author Peter Heller on how he wrote about the end of the world

The cave where Neanderthals met Homo sapiens

We still don’t know when humans began

The paradox that breaks the laws of physics | John Goold