£10m Longitude Prize: will it solve world's greatest challenges?

New Longitude Prize aims to beat dementia, paralysis, climate change or global food shortages

John Harrison's chronometer which won the original Longitude Prize in 1714
(Image credit: Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Longitude Prize will award £10m to the first person who solves one of the world's great problems, be it improved access to food and water, help for dementia sufferers, improved care for paralysed people, cleaner travel, or a replacement for antibiotics.

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