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In today’s video, we’ll be speaking to Mark Thomson, the newly appointed director general of CERN, to discuss the future of the world’s biggest particle physics laboratory.

“There are really big questions that we don't know the answer to,” says Thomson. “Big questions like dark matter. Is the Higgs boson a fundamental particle? Does the Higgs boson interact with the dark matter? At some point, we are going to find answers to some of these really, really big questions."

Join us today at 6pm GMT (1pm EST) to watch the full interview.

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Who were the other humans that pre-date us, and why did we outlast them all? Join us on this livestream video, as as we explore the species we lived alongside, and investigate the mystery of their disappearance. Watch now: youtube.com/live/i0aFSv03XP8?si=vYK5cjqABDIDUVFH

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In yesterday’s video we looked at the long quest to prove the Riemann hypothesis, one of mathematics' million dollar problems. But what do you think? Will we crack it this century?
Watch the video now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59I84...

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In yesterday’s video we looked at the long quest to prove the Riemann hypothesis, one of mathematics' million dollar problems. But what do you think? Will we crack it this century?


Watch the video now: https://youtu.be/59I84mWLK_c?si=SxKWF...

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We've just finished filming our next human evolution story with Ella Al-Shamahi. Any guesses what this one is about? And if you can't wait, here's one all about Dragon man: https://youtu.be/spjH7wqms9g

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What's got palaeontologist Dave Hone excited? Did velociraptors hunt in packs? Was Spinosaurus aquatic? How did pterosaurs fly? Find out in our latest video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9zdf...

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Help shape the future of New Scientist. We are hosting exclusive focus groups in the next few weeks where you can have your say on the direction of our award-winning journalism.

Incentives provided, face to face and online places available, must be based in the UK - complete our 5-10 min screening questionnaire to apply: tinyurl.com/106YTube

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At 4pm GMT / 12p EDT we go live with our latest livestream, this one explores every thing you need to know about reality and why it truly is stranger than we think. Sign up now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qGw...

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Thanks to spectacular new finds the human family tree is being rewritten.

Find out how in our latest video: https://youtu.be/spjH7wqms9g

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Tomorrow we investigate the fossils that have upended everything we know about human evolution.

These 1-million-year-old artefacts offer a tantilising hint that Homo sapiens may be much older than previously thought and suggest we may be looking in the wrong time and place to find Ancestor X, the relative that modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans all decend from.

Join us at 6pm UTC tomorrow (March 11th) to find out more 💀

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