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2012 Press

  • “My experience as a scientist is that, in order to push the boundaries of knowledge, you need to go where people tell you not to go.”
    My Father’s Day wish: Curious children
    CNN (June 13, 2012)
  • “What we usually think about when we think about vaccines is our own immunity. But what we need to think about is vaccines as a global immune system.”
    Researchers at Annual Science Fest Hail Universal Vaccines
    Forbes (June 5, 2012)
  • “For all of Google’s intelligence, it is still simply learning by rote - just recalling and matching patterns in the information pumped into it.”
    Why Google is nowhere near as clever as a rat - but one day, even your smartphone will be smarter than you
    Daily Mail (June 5, 2012)
  • “In terms of computational ability, even the most-powerful computers in the world are just approaching that of an insect.”
    A Rat is Smarter Than Google
    Yahoo! News (June 4, 2012)
  • “I would be happy in my lifetime to build a machine as intelligent as a rat.”
    Is a rat smarter than Google? That’s what two AI experts say
    MSNBC.com (June 4, 2012)
  • “Science can be fun and exciting, right? Well, when you explain it like experts at the World Science Festival do, children say it can be amazing.”
    NYC Plays Host To World Science Festival
    NY1 (June 2, 2012)
  • “The Foundation’s mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.”
    Alan Alda and Dr. Harold Varmus on the World Science Festival
    The Leonard Lopate Show (June 1, 2012)
  • “What new technological and cultural forms will we need to acquire to cope with a water-scarce future?”
    ‘Surface Tension’ Show At Eyebeam NYC Gallery Spotlights Water, Design
    The Huffington Post (June 2, 2012)
  • “How do you get what’s known through science to be understood by the public?”
    World Science Festival
    Good Day NY (June 1, 2012)
  • “We sometimes think issues with water shortage is just something we just see in the developing world or sub-Saharan Africa but actually there are a lot of those issues a lot closer to home”
    Chelsea Exhibit Floods Viewers With New Uses For Water
    NY 1 (May 31, 2012)
  • “The evening’s host Alan Alda had spent an hour juggling presentations from Debra Monk, physicist Brian Greene, the MOMIX modern dance company, LeVar Burton and others.”
    The 2012 World Science Festival Gala: Our Alternate Universe Questions for LeVar Burton and Alan Alda
    The New York Observer (May 31, 2012)
  • “Alda has challenged scientists to explain a flame to an eleven year old, with a 6,000 eleven-year-olds worldwide serving as judges for the best explanatio”
    Alan Alda Talks Science With Stephen Colbert
    The Huffington Post (May 31, 2012)
  • “Actor Alan Alda discusses good business models, the World Science Festival and his international Flame Challenge.”
    Alan Alda
    The Colbert Report (May 30, 2012)
  • “Alan Alda talks about The Flame Challenge from the 5th Annual World Science Festival.”
    Joan Hamburg Show
    WOR Radio (May 30, 2012)
  • “Guests included LeVar Burton, Boaz Almog, Debra Monk and Alan Alda”
    2012 World Science Festival: 5th Anniversay Gala Celebration “A Performing Arts Salute to Science”
    Guest of a Guest (May 30, 2012)
  • “Lab skills were the hot social currency Tuesday night at a gala for this year’s World Science Festival.”
    Revenge of the Nerds at World Science Festival
    The Wall Street Journal (May 30, 2012)
  • “We have the most important scientists and the best communicators making science available to the public in an exciting way.”
    Alan Alda on the World Science Festival
    The Joan Hamburg Show (May 30, 2012)
  • “The kids, when they were judging [Alan Alda’s Flame Challenge], weren’t judging it based on what was the most entertaining answer, but what would they learn from it.”
    Alan Alda discusses the World Science Festival with Stephen Colbert
    The Colbert Report (May 30, 2012)
  • “Performers included Joshua Bell, Paige Faure, Drew Gehling, Rose Hemingway, Debra Monk, Eryn Murman, James Naughton, Abbey O’Brien, Teal Wicks, and Yasmine Lee and Steven Ezra Marshall of Momix.”
    PHOTO FLASH: Alan Alda, Joshua Bell, LeVar Burton, Debra Monk at World Science Festival Gala
    Theater Mania (May 29, 2012)
  • “Robots are invading New York, and that’s not all!”
    World Science Festival in NYC
    PIX 11 (May 29, 2012)
  • “We want to shift science to the cultural center.”
    Getting your ‘geek’ on with the World Science Festival – physicist Brian Greene on the importance of making science ‘cool’
    CNN (May 29, 2012)
  • “If the robot is taking care of your dad when he’s old, are you being irresponsible?”
    New Sci-Fi Movie Creates Future Where Robots Are Servants
    NY1 (May 29, 2012)
  • “Time to get your geek on!”
    Festival Aims to Make Science ‘Cool’
    CNN (May 29, 2012)
  • “It’s a Greek tragedy of scientific proportions.”
    World Science Festival To Open With Re-Invention Of Icarus Tale
    NY1 (May 25, 2012)
  • “Dr. Greene wants you to know just how bizarre reality became in the last century.”
    When Science Seems Like Magic
    The New York Times (May 24, 2012)
  • “The 2012 World Science Festival, running May 30-June 3, presents more than 50 events, performances, lectures and special exhibitions, at venues throughout New York City.”
    Alan Alda, Joshua Bell, James Naughton, Debra Monk Set for World Science Festival Gala
    Theater Mania (May 22, 2012)
  • “The festival seeks to attract leading scientific minds, renowned artists and influential thinkers to present science in novel ways, attracting a broad audience from music lovers to science geeks.”
    ‘Icarus at the Edge of Time’ Opens the 2012 World Science Festival
    MetroFocus (May 21, 2012)

 

 

2011 Press

  • “We’re the victims of our own tendency to expect that a series that looks satisfyingly random to us”
    A primer on probability and chance
    Ars Technica (June 8, 2011)
  • “Watson’s creator gathered with other computer scientists”
    Man-Made Machines showcased at the 2011 World Science Festival
    Popular Mechanics (June 8, 2011)
  • “I’ve been thinking about jazz not so much as a destination but as a process”
    When the Melody Takes a Detour, the Science Begins
    NY Times (June 6, 2011)
  • ”...a society that decides it will only support applied science and not waste money on pure science is likely to wind up with neither.”
    Steven Weinberg calls on Americans to support research
    Science (June 6, 2011)
  • “At New York’s World Science Festival, experts dissected how science can arrest aging, extend human life, and erase traumatic memories”
    An in-depth look at some of the 2011 Festival events
    The Daily Beast (June 5, 2011)
  • “Inquiring Minds on Governors Island”
    Children of all ages discover the world around them
    NY Times (June 5, 2011)
  • "In Love With Marie"
    Alan Alda’s op-ed that discusses his inspiration for "Radiance"
    The Huffington Post (May 31, 2011)
  • "Alan Alda Shares His Passion"
    Interview with Alan Alda about "Radiance" and the World Science Festival
    Theater Mania (May 31, 2011)
  • "World Science Festival: Dark Matter, Cryptography and Getting Old"
    Information about the World Science Festival and quotes from Brian Greene
    WNYC Culture (May 30, 2011)
  • "This Week in New York: World Science Festival"
    "A series of smarty-pants seminars takes the geeky discipline outside of the laboratory. Fill up on facts at six of the best events."
    Time Out New York (May 24, 2011)
  • "World Science Festival: BIORHYTHM: Music and the Body"
    Post detailing the "Biorhythm" event
    NYC Kids Arts (May 23, 2011)
  • "World Science Festival: Mysteries of the Mathematical Universe"
    Post detailing the "Mysteries of the Mathematical Universe" event
    NYC Arts (May 23, 2011)
  • "Scent events at NYC World Science Festival on 4th and 5th June"
    Article details the scent-related events at the Festival
    Basenotes (May 21, 2011)
  • "World Science Festival 2011—Spotlight: Women in Science"
    Blog post on the "Spotlight: Women in Science" event
    RENeW (May 20, 2011)
  • "Andrew Dawson, Pat Metheny, Maggie Gyllenhaal, MOMIX, et al. Set for World Science Festival"
    Article highlights WSF performances “Radiance” and “Articulate Hand”
    TheaterMania (May 19, 2011)
  • "Maggie Gyllenhaal to Replace Streep in Reading of Play About Marie Curie"
    Article featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal’s involment in "Radiance"
    NYTimes.com Arts Beat (May 18, 2011)
  • "Is Space-Time an Elaborate Illusion?"
    Article references George Musser’s blog post on the "Hologram" program
    Big Think (May 18, 2011)
  • "Maggie Gyllenhaal to Play Marie Curie at World Science Festival, 6/1"
    "Award-winning screen and stage actress Maggie Gyllenhaal steps into the role of history’s most famous woman scientist for a special reading of "Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie."
    TreeHugger.com (May 18, 2011)
  • "The art of storytelling at the World Science Festival "
    Carl Zimmer writes about the Science & Story Events
    Discover (May 18, 2011)

2010 Press

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