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The Templeton Prize honours those who harness the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and ...

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Conway Morris Joins Past Laureates Freeman Dyson, the Dalai Lama, and Jane Goodall to Receive One of the World’s Largest Individual Lifetime Achievement AwardsWest Conshohocken, PA, April 21, 2026 ...