Science v Art: Nobel Prize winners take on the big question

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Which can tell us more: art or science?

The answer is most definitely the latter for the group of Nobel Prize winning scientists currently discussing climate change as part of the Nobel Laureate Symposium in London. But they are open to persuasion.

A distinct nod to art was given in the form of a cultural evening when the some of the world's greatest physicists and chemists encountered performance poets, cartoonists and architects in a bid to understand what art can contribute to the issue of climate change.

In the video above, the great and the good explain what science can learn from art.