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Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Jul 27, 2020

In stripping away so much of ordinary life, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a lot about us – not all of it pretty. It’s also confronted us with brutal ethical choices.

Who deserves to be saved when you're running out of ventilators? How much are we willing to give up so others can get by? Who gets to decide and...


Jul 5, 2020

COVID-19 has highlighted the particular vulnerability of the aged. However, as we find out more about the ageing process, we are uncovering new ways to treat it. One revolutionary approach is to look at ageing as a disease and tackle its causes. With breakthroughs in genetics and emerging technologies, scientists have...