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Peter Atkins: Thinking about the universe through the eyes of chemistry
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Can science answer all the big questions of existence, including our place in the world, the origin of the laws of nature, and aspects of morality? To do so, Peter Atkins separates the real questions from those invented by theologians and philosophers.

After covering maths, physics, biomedicine and psychology, the great science conference, aimed at a non-specialist audience, has invited a renowned researcher from the field of chemistry: Peter Atkins, a professor at the University of Oxford, and specialist in science communication, to discuss the role of science in answering existential questions: Where do we come from? How did everything begin? How can the laws of physics and chemistry help us understand the passage from nothingness to being?

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Capa Biodiversidade MCE 2022
Nathalie Seddon: Biodiversity and climate change

Biodiversity could be one of the biggest victims of escalating climate change. Experts estimate that if the planet warms by more than 3 ºC compared to pre-industrial levels (the...

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Biodiversity could be one of the biggest victims of escalating climate change. Experts estimate that if the planet warms by more than 3 ºC compared to pre-industrial levels (the...

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Tea Törmänen: Which energy sources should we use?

The history of human progress has also been the history of the collapse of nature. But what if it did not have to be this way? What if we could produce abundant energy while...

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The history of human progress has also been the history of the collapse of nature. But what if it did not have to be this way? What if we could produce abundant energy while...

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Steven E. Koonin: The data of climate science

The scientific consensus on climate change and its causes is undeniable. But there are also many ideas in the public arena not supported by empirical data or scientific knowledge...

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The scientific consensus on climate change and its causes is undeniable. But there are also many ideas in the public arena not supported by empirical data or scientific knowledge...

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Mês da Ciência e da Educação - Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
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2010

Every year, we dedicate a month to science and education. We hold interviews and debates with leading international and national figures, who bring the latest scientific research and learning news to the public. Everything is covered, from the universe to biology, from the brain to food and from reading to memory.

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