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The Sky at Night, Tonight: A New View of the Changing Sky

** This lecture has been moved from its previous date...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory illuminated at night under a sky filled with the Milky Way galaxy

The Death of the Roman Republic?

Did the Roman republic die with Julius Caesar? With Cicero...

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Pluto Isn’t a Planet

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union adopted a definition of...

A detailed image of the dwarf planet Pluto

Forging Better Futures for You and AI

In this last lecture, I will work to wake us...

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Education – And Its Limits

The most popular response to the challenge of automation is...

A child and an adult sit at desks reading books

Should We Manipulate People’s Emotions?

We think of emotions as being central to our characters...

A hand manipulates a wooden puppet with strings

Society and Survival During the Holocaust

This lecture focuses on experiences of hiding and help during...

A wax figure of Anne Frank sitting at a desk in a room

The Pill and the Planet: Can We Have Both a Healthy Aging Population and a Sustainable Future?

Modern medicine's success in extending lifespans comes at an environmental...

Underwater view of a vast accumulation of plastic pollution in the ocean

Taming AI

In this lecture, we look at proposals to limit AI...

A robotic hand with a microphone attached to its forearm plays a piano

A World Without Work

In the future, we may face ‘structural’ technological unemployment in...

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