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Check out this op-ed by World Science Festival co-founder Brian Greene in the New York Times: The Origins of the Universe: A Crash Course, on the recent commissioning of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator: the Large Hadron Collider. read more

On Saturday, May 31, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks will join neuroscientist Mark Tramo and the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in the World Science Festival Event Music and the Brain, an exploration of the power of music to inspire and uplift, and as an effective tool in the therapeutic process. At the event, the choirs powerful performance will provide a stimulating context for Sacks’ true-life accounts of patients whose lives were altered by music. To continue the dialogue with the event’s participants and audience, Sacks has agreed to answer five questions about Music and the Brain here on the World Science Festival blog. read more

It has just been announced that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going to open the World Science Festival on Wednesday, May 28, with a key-note address at the Festival’s opening event, the World Science Summit. At the (invitation-only) Summit, more than 125 leaders from science, business, government, media, and academia will discuss the many ways in which science acts as a key player in global affairs.

Check out Alan Alda’s take on the World Science Festival in this excerpt from an interview by Allan Hunkin:

The interview is part of Elegant Solutions with Allan Hunkin, hosted on the Awareness and Action Channel. read more