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We talk to preeminent geneticist Turi King about the identification of lost warrior king Richard III, solving criminal cold cases and analysing Hitler's DNA. During the interview, Turi raises an important question about public sector DNA databases: should they be used to help solve crimes? What do you think? Watch the video to find out Turi's position: https://youtu.be/8elyBweGdTc
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What if the first humans to leave Africa… didn’t make it?
Fossil evidence suggests Homo sapiens reached Eurasia more than 200,000 years ago, long before the migration that eventually populated much of the world. Find out more in our latest explainer - https://youtu.be/54AK8kIGkms
1 week ago | [YT] | 120
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In our latest video, we speak with Daniel Lieberman, palaeoanthropologist and author of Fed Up, to explore the evolutionary underpinnings of some of the greatest health challenges today.
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New evidence suggests the iconic T. rex 🦖may not have ruled alone. Our latest video meets the newest member of the family: Nanotyrannus. Watch now: https://youtu.be/cN2WblQ055g
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 35
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What if time doesn’t actually “flow”?
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili explores what time really is and whether past, present and future could all exist at once.
Watch the full interview now and then tell us in the comments: Is time real, or just how we experience the universe? ⌛⌛⌛
4 weeks ago | [YT] | 45
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Is time an illusion? Could the past, present and future all exist at once? Is time travel really possible? Watch our latest interview with Jim Al-Khalili to get to grips with the true nature of time – https://youtu.be/IDNCWe3ufCE
4 weeks ago | [YT] | 226
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More than 99 per cent of all species that have ever lived are gone, which makes survival the anomaly that nobody has fully explained, until now. Our newest video explores extinctions, which you can watch here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6JE... but which of our thumbnail designs do you like the best?
1 month ago | [YT] | 136
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Our new compilation is now live. This one tells the story of extinction, from ancient humans to dinosaurs. Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6JE...
1 month ago | [YT] | 233
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Our latest video explores a "cold blob" that has appeared off the coast of Greenland, and why this area of cooling is a warning sign of a climate catastrophe in the making. Watch now: https://youtu.be/4Auf0KdZ6S0
1 month ago | [YT] | 136
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Have you caught up on our latest interview with Ludovic Slimak?
New Scientist features editor, Alison George, travelled to Grotte Mandrin in France, where a Neanderthal discovery has challenged everything we know about our human relatives.
https://youtu.be/KXTZt8LG0Lk
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