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2018 : WHAT IS THE LAST QUESTION?

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2017 : WHAT SCIENTIFIC TERM OR CONCEPT OUGHT TO BE MORE WIDELY KNOWN?

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2016 : WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST INTERESTING RECENT [SCIENTIFIC] NEWS? WHAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT?

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2015 : WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MACHINES THAT THINK?

This Idea Must Die

2014 : WHAT SCIENTIFIC IDEA IS READY FOR RETIREMENT?

2013 : WHAT *SHOULD* WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?

2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION?

2011 : WHAT SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE EVERYBODY'S COGNITIVE TOOLKIT?

2010 : HOW IS THE INTERNET CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK?

2009 : WHAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING?

2008 : WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

2007 : WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT?

2006 : WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?

2005 : WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT PROVE IT?

2004 : WHAT'S YOUR LAW?

2003 : WHAT ARE THE PRESSING SCIENTIFIC ISSUES FOR THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE ON HOW I CAN BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THEM? - GWB

2002 : WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? ... WHY?

2001 : WHAT NOW?

2001 : WHAT QUESTIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED?

2000 : WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY?

The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years

1999 : WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION IN THE PAST TWO THOUSAND YEARS?

1998 : WHAT QUESTIONS ARE YOU ASKING YOURSELF?

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