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  • Steven Weinberg: The Real Needs of Society

    Each generation benefits from the insights and discoveries of those who came before. “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants,” wrote...

  • Steven Weinberg: Congress Versus the Collider

    Each generation benefits from the insights and discoveries of those who came before. “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants,” wrote...

  • Steven Weinberg: In Defense of Pure Science

    Each generation benefits from the insights and discoveries of those who came before. “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants,” wrote...

  • Genius: Striking Out a New Path

    Genius represents the ability of unprecedented execution and perspective in any given field. It embodies ideas that force the rest of the world to rethink what it thought it knew....

  • Do We Live in a Reasonable Universe?

    How do science and religion differ? Are they more similar than we think? Nobel Laureate William Phillips compares the pillars of his Methodist faith to scientific rigor and...

  • Faith’s Unanswered Questions

    Roman-Catholic priest Lorenzo Albacate challenges science to explain the deepest fears and desires that make us human.

  • The Heartbeat of Science

    Science is about the methodical understanding of the world around us using experimentation and evidence. But does this knowledge bereft the natural world of mystery and surprises?...

  • Where Is the Evidence?

    If somebody makes an outrageous claim without any evidence to back it up, we’re quick to dismiss it—and even go as far as to make fun of the person making the claim. So why do...

  • Faith in the Mathematical Order

    The word “theory” has very different meanings depending on whether you are speaking in an everyday sense or in scientific language. Cosmologist Paul Davies explains this...

  • Reason and Religion

    Drawing the line between science and religion proves tricky for the Buddhist faith. The tradition has developed to include concepts of reason and empirical knowledge as well those...

  • Satisfaction in Knowledge

    Dr. Francisco Ayala’s focus as a biologist is finding the genetic origins of many species, particularly malaria. It’s no surprise that he feels strongly against teaching...

  • Global Location Made Easy

    Today, finding your exact position on the planet is as easy as looking at your phone. But in the past, it required much less portable equipment and the night sky. How did this...

  • The Best Tickers are Atoms

    When you need a clock of utmost accuracy, you need an atomic clock. Nobel Prize winner William Phillips explains how scientists use atomic clocks to get the most accurate bang for...

  • Magnetic Magic

    Magnets have always instilled wonder in both children and adults alike with their seemingly magical properties. In this clip from the 2010 festival, Nobel Prize winning physicist...

  • Why Are Scientists Most Like Children?

    Children are naturally curious about the world around them. They experiment, explore, and discover without even thinking about it. Nobel Prize winning physicist William Phillips...

  • Can We Reach Absolute Zero?

    Absolute zero is the temperature at which entropy reaches its minimum value, and all energy has been taken out of a system. But is it reachable? Can anything ever be that cold?...

  • World Science Festival: Highlight Reel

    The World Science Festival is a nonprofit organization that brings together preeminent figures from science, industry, academia, and the arts for a series of live events that...

Blog Posts

  • Science Online NYC this Week

    Science Online NYC (SoNYC) is a new monthly series of eclectic panel discussions that focuses on science communication. Organized by Lou Woodley of Nature.com, John Timmer of Ars Technica, and Jeanne Garbarino in association with Rockefeller University, which hosts the event,...

  • Instant Reaction: The Enigma of Genius

    Genius: What is it and how do geniuses get that way? This diverse panel of scientists and artists discussed the characteristics that define a genius, its relationship with mental illness, sacrifice, and whether modern information overload could degrade creativity.

  • Instant Reaction: Rhythms on the Brain

    One of life's eternal questions was addressed at the Eyebeam Center for Technology, one that each of us has been pondering since birth: What makes The Beatles The Beatles? The World Science Festival brought four music-lovers onstage—a neural scientist, a producer, and two...

  • Instant Reaction: Mysteries of the Mathematical Universe

    Following a short film about the omnipresence of math in our everyday lives, whether we notice it or not, four men who eat and breathe mathematics discussed their passion: how they got into math, whether the eccentric mathematical genius is a true trope, and why current...

  • Tickets on Sale for the 2011 World Science Festival

    Attention science enthusiasts of the world: This morning we are proud to announce that tickets for the 2011 World Science Festival—being held from June 1st to the 5th in New York City—are now officially on sale.

  • Why Faith and Science?

    In the run-up to this year's Faith and Science panel at the 2010 World Science Festival, there was some concern expressed (here and here) about our sponsors' influence on programming. In light of such criticism, we thought it would be a good time to reiterate the Festival's...

  • What if Science Were Like Sports?

    Christina Agapakis joins us from the ever-inspired Oscillator, her synthetic biology blog at ScienceBlogs. When she’s not reshuffling DNA sequences in her lab at Harvard, she’s usually there making Lady Gaga video spoofs, or something obvious like that. I'm almost embarrassed...

  • Migrations Between Science and Art

    Jennifer Jacquet joins us from Guilty Planet. Jennifer is a postdoctoral research fellow working with the Sea Around Us Project at the UBC Fisheries Centre. It is nice to see science and art getting along. The World Science Festival's event Eye Candy demonstrates how science...

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