Is there anything science can't explain? And is there anything it shouldn't try to explain?

From Martin Rees to Maggie Aderin-Pocock, from Carolyn Porco to Richard Dawkins, prominent personalities answer two of life's biggest questions.

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We asked prominent scientists and thinkers two of the biggest questions in their field: is there anything science can't explain? And is there anything it shouldn't try to explain?

 

Michael Brooks

Daniel Dennett

Paul Davies

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Peter J Bussey

Derek Burke

Richard Swinburne

Precious Lunga

Denis Alexander

Martin Rees

Carolyn Porco

Richard Dawkins