ABC: Science Makes a Comeback with the World Science Festival

In an article that has just appeared on the ABC News website, World Science Festival co-founder and string theorist, Brian Greene, and advisory board member and theoretical physicist, Michio Kaku, argue there is a science renaissance in the making:

Indeed, Greene contends that now more than ever, there's a need to keep science in the forefront. From stem cells to space travel, from global climate change to urban agriculture and the personalization of health care, "it's just an endless list of things that we need to address or deal with or make use of that all have science at their core," he said.

The article goes on to say that

Scientists agree that's why it's crucial to get the next generation of scientists interested in the possibilities of their field.

You can catch both Kaku and Greene at the World Science Festival: On Thursday, May 29th, Michio Kaku will participate in Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, and on Friday, May 30th, Brian Greene takes part in Invisible Reality: The Wonderful Weirdness of the Quantum World. Brian will also participate in a talk-back following the May 31st performance Armitage Gone! Dance: The Elegant Universe.