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   Making Use of Uncertainty: How Quantum Physics is Revolutionising Our Lives

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   How Viruses Affect Evolution

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   The Frontiers of Chemistry

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   The Singularity is Near?

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   Origins of Life on Earth

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   Transhumanism & The Singularity

   Chris Worfolk discusses the two different but very much related topics of Transhumanism and the technological singularity, commenting on the cult like figures which seem to dominate both fields and whether the ideas behind them are valid.