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Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues

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Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues

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Martin Rees - Astronomer Royal

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'This century is special': Martin Rees on the vast span of time

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A new hunt for ET could well find AI on non-Earthlike worlds

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Know thy enemy: the million space rocks we must find

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Know thy enemy: the million space rocks we must find

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Mathematics: The only true universal language

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Mathematics: The only true universal language

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Martin Rees forecasts the future

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Big ideas: The big bang

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Welcome to the new age of enlightenment

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Is the search for alien life futile nonsense?

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The final countdown

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Not worth the paper

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The importance of being innovative

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