The next decade is make or break

------=_Part_7470056_210996338.1650459362326 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_7470057_1566808224.1650459362326" ------=_Part_7470057_1566808224.1650459362326 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable **Public newsletter =C2=A0 **The next decade is make or break Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society has described the next decade = as =E2=80=98make or break=E2=80=99 for tackling climate change.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Explore our interactive climate change explainer [ assets/you-and-planet/index.html] to learn more about the problem and possi= ble solutions. Then discover the research areas [ opics-policy/energy-environment-climate/] identified by the Royal Society a= s critical to progressing towards net zero beyond 2030 and read our latest = response to the UK energy security strategy [ 2022/04/energy-security-strategy-response/] and to the findings of the of W= orking Group III of the IPCC=E2=80=99s Sixth Assessment Report [= alsociety.org/news/2022/04/response-ipcc-sixth-assessment-report/]. Read more about climate change at the Royal Society [= rg/whats-new/cop26-climate-change/] =C2=A0----------- **Imagine...Science: Are astronauts extinct? Lord Martin Rees FRS talks to Professor Catherine Heymans on 29 May at the = Hay Festival to explore whether, as robot explorers grow more competent, ou= r desire to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars justify the cost and dange= r. This event will be held in person at Hay Festival [= al.com/wales/home]. Book now [ e-heymans.aspx] ------------ =C2=A0 **Imagine...Science: I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. The winner of this year=E2=80=99s Young People=E2=80=99s Book Prize was vot= ed for by over 11,000 young judges from 500 UK schools and youth groups. It= is a book like no other, where data can not only be visualised but also he= ard and touched. On 31 May at the Hay Festival [= /wales/home], join children=E2=80=99s author Sharna Jackson and data journa= list and winning author Miriam Quick as they explore, I Am a Book. I Am a P= ortal to the Universe. Book now [ jackson.aspx] =C2=A0----------- **Imagine...Science: Control - the dark history and troubling present of eu= genics Dr Adam Rutherford talks to Professor Veronica van Heyningen FRS at the Hay= Festival [=C2=A0on 2 June to discus= s eugenics. The discussion looks at attempts by the powerful throughout his= tory to dictate and dominate reproduction and regulate the interface of bre= eding and society. Dr Rutherford explores the difficult balance between the= desire to reduce suffering and eliminate disease with the potential that e= ugenics has to impose control over who can procreate and ultimately who is = permitted to live. Book now [ nica-van-heyningen.aspx] =C2=A0------------ **Imagine...Science: Thinking better - the art of the shortcut At the Hay Festival [=C2=A0on 5 June= , Professor Marcus du Sautoy FRS talks about whether it is possible to reme= mber more and forget less; or earn more and become more creative just by mo= ving house. His book Thinking Better offers clever strategies for daily com= plex problems via shortcuts. The Oxford mathematician shares his shortcut t= o the art of the shortcut with neuroscientist Dr Hannah Critchlow. Book now [ nah-critchlow.aspx] =C2=A0 **What would a world without vaccines be like? Our What would a world without vaccines be like? video has been selected as= a Nominee in the 26th Annual Webby Awards. The video [.= com/watch?v=3Dyi7gyTqweZc]=C2=A0looks at what life and life expectancy were= like before vaccines and asks whether, as many of us have grown up without= fear of contracting diseases such as polio and diphtheria, we take vaccine= s for granted. Please consider voting for the video in the Webby People=E2=80=99s Voice Aw= ard [ ience-education]. Voting closes Thursday 21 April. Vote now [ eo/science-education] =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B=C2=A0 [ [ View in browser [ 155e5c4440b6846b36276a19bd/3/986/98608b6d-2082-4f94-8006-a8a72d0be670] Did someone forward you this email? 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Then discover the [res= earch areas](3D") identified by the Royal Society as critical to progressing = towards net zero beyond 2030 and read our latest response to the [UK energy security strategy](3D") and to the [findings of the of Working Group III of the IPCC= =E2=80=99s Sixth Assessment Report](3D"). [Read more about climate change at the Royal Society](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"=](3D") Imagine...= Science: Are astronauts extinct? = Lord Martin Re= es FRS talks to Professor Catherine Heymans on 29 May at the Hay Festival t= o explore whether, as robot explorers grow more competent, our desire to se= nd astronauts to the Moon and Mars justify the cost and danger. This event = will be held in person at the=C2=A0[Hay Festival](3D"htt=). [Book now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"=](3D") Imagine...= Science: I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. = The winner of = this year=E2=80=99s Young People=E2=80=99s Book Prize was voted for by over= 11,000 young judges from 500 UK schools and youth groups. It is a book lik= e no other, where data can not only be visualised but also heard and touche= d. On 31 May at the [Hay Festival](3D"=), join children=E2=80=99s author Sharna Jackson and = data journalist and winning author Miriam Quick as they explore, I Am a= Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. [Book now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"https=](3D") Imagine...= Science: Control - the dark history and troubling present of eugenics = Dr Adam Ruther= ford talks to Professor Veronica van Heyningen FRS at the [Hay Festival](3D")=C2=A0on 2 Jun= e to discuss eugenics. The discussion looks at attempts by the powerful thr= oughout history to dictate and dominate reproduction and regulate the inter= face of breeding and society. Dr Rutherford explores the difficult balance = between the desire to reduce suffering and eliminate disease with the poten= tial that eugenics has to impose control over who can procreate and ultimat= ely who is permitted to live. [Book now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D".=](3D") Imagine...= Science: Thinking better - the art of the shortcut = At the [Hay Festival](3D")=C2= =A0on 5 June, Professor Marcus du Sautoy FRS talks about whether it is poss= ible to remember more and forget less; or earn more and become more creativ= e just by moving house. His book Thinking Better offers clever str= ategies for daily complex problems via shortcuts. The Oxford mathematician = shares his shortcut to the art of the shortcut with neuroscientist Dr Hanna= h Critchlow. [Book now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D" What would= a world without vaccines be like? = Our What would= a world without vaccines be like? video has been selected as a Nominee in = the 26th Annual Webby Awards. The [video](3D"http=)=C2=A0looks at what life and life expe= ctancy were like before vaccines and asks whether, as many of us have grown= up without fear of contracting diseases such as polio and diphtheria, we t= ake vaccines for granted. Please conside= r voting for the video in the [Webby People=E2=80=99s Voice Award](3D"http://l=). Voting closes Thursday 21 Apri= l. [Vote now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 = Image credits Hay Festival, Programme for Schools 2019; =C2=A9 Sam Hardw= ick Hay Festival 2019, Audience=C2=A0=C2=A9=C2=A0Adam-Tatton-R= eid =20 [3D"Facebook"](3D") [3D"Twitter"](3D") [View in browser](3D") Did someone forward you this email? 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