Many of us think of cancer as a contemporary killer, but it has has always been with us, because cancer is a bug in the system of life. We get cancer because we can't not get it. Geneticist and science writer Dr Kat Arney takes us to the dawn of life on planet earth right up to the present day to see how by better understanding its evolutionary journey we might one day overcome it.

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Over the next thirty years, we desperately need to make huge changes to the way we produce and consume food, otherwise, the effect on the natural world will be devastating. This talk will explain how misinformation is one of the most powerful forces preventing this from happening and explore cognitive biases that push us towards misinformation on these issues, resulting in confusion, apathy, and inaction.

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The spread of harmful misinformation in this pandemic has led to deaths, financial loss, increased stigma, and health policy challenges. We must counter this “infodemic” with evidence-based communication strategies. Despite concerns about the "backfire effect", debunking works — if done well!

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Today’s Utah population is ~89% white compared with the national average of ~60% white and is one of the most religiously homogenous states in the nation. Utah Mormonism is the result of a large-scale eugenics experiment within recent history.

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In his characteristically robust style, Adam will discuss how the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise — but if understood correctly, science and history can be powerful allies against racism, granting the clearest view of how people are, rather than how we judge them to be.

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Today’s Utah population is ~89% white compared with the national average of ~60% white and is one of the most religiously homogenous states in the nation. Utah Mormonism is the result of a large-scale eugenics experiment within recent history.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

As one of the most visible skeptical organizations in the world, CSI owes a heightened duty to uphold skeptical ideals. Kavin will cover race, and, more broadly, diversity, equity, and inclusion as it pertains to the Skeptics community, with examples from her time working with CFI. Grab your beverage of choice and join Kavin as she takes you through crucial lessons for all skeptics and skeptical organizations — yes, even you, the one who doesn’t get involved in politics.

Brazil has surpassed the UK in the number of confirmed cases and deaths of Covid-19. Still, the federal government refuses to acknowledge reality and relies on magical thinking and denialism, promoting miracle cures, withholding information, spreading lies and inciting riots.

Join Natália Pasternak for a look at the Brazilian response to the pandemic, and what happens when a government embraces pseudoscience in the face of an international health crisis.

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As ethnic nationalism and the far-right become stronger, race science is experiencing a revival. Even well-intentioned scientists, through their unconscious use of old-fashioned categories, betray some suspicion that race has some basis in biology. Award-winning author Angela Saini explores the concept of race, from its origins to the present day, explores why we find it so hard to let go of the notion that race is biologically real, and the political consequences of this dangerous idea.

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Cara Santa Maria is a Los Angeles Area Emmy and Knight Foundation Award winning journalist, science communicator, television personality, author, and podcaster.

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