The Hamitic Hypothesis was a 19th century anthropological theory that claimed that humans originated in Asia and then migrated to other regions of the world. The theory was used to explain the discovery of so-called “white races” in Africa in the late 1800s. The Hamitic Hypothesis was not simply ...

Did the aliens build the Egyptian pyramids? Did survivors from the lost continent of Atlantis invent hieroglyphic writing? No. But massively popular television shows, books, and movies perpetuate these claims. In this surprising talk, archaeologist Sarah Kurnick explains why pseudoarchaeology is ...

Ben discuses the UFO highway located at the 37th Parallel, and the strange phenomenon of cattle mutilations. Ben Mezrich is the author of 18 books including Bringing Down The House that was made into the movie 21, and Accidental Billionaires that was made into the movie The Social Network. ...

A recipient of Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner's $100 million Breakthrough Listen Initiative grant, astrophysicist and Director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center, Andrew Siemion, challenges us to ask ourselves, “Are we truly alone in the universe?” He suggests that by looking into the past of ...

What other environments are there in our solar system and beyond? Could they support life? What would that life look like? In this talk Marta tells us more about the science of Astrobiology and what we can expect in the next space missions to Mars or Jupiter´s moon Europa. Marta is passionate ...

Is life possible elsewhere than on earth? Véronique Dehant proposes a trip in the Universe and explains the living conditions of a planet ... And to remember that "On earth, we are really good"! Véronique Dehant travaille à l'Observatoire royal de Belgique, où elle est Responsable de la ...

There is a lot we know with certainty about technological and environmental change. Artificial intelligence, automation, synthetic biology, climate change, and so on, will transform the ways we work, move, eat, play and interact. We know what is on the horizon but we don’t always know what this ...