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The Next Big Thing
Brought to you in association with the Vega Science Trust, our experts and enthusiasts gather to explain the science behind, and the arguments surrounding, the next big things.

Alone in the universe?

The Surface of Mars
Are there ETs trying to contact us? Is there anybody out there?

What are the chances?

Skydivers
Will phones fry our brains? Will our houses wash out to sea? Get to grips with the reality of risk.

Electronic thoughts

A microchip - holding a mind?
Could machines start to consider their own existence? Could computers develop artificial intelligence?
 

Copy protected?

Dolly the sheep, repeated
Designer babies and mini-mes - it's never out the news. Follow the cloning debate.

Less grave

War graves
We live longer now - but what are the chances of completely defying death?
 

Beyond the waterfront

Coral
A world as mysterious and unexplored as any in the skies - take the plunge into the deep sea.

Who will the baby be?

Infra-red shot of a human
Does chromosome technology and more knowledge of DNA mean we can start predicting personality?
 
 
 

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