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World Science Festival Gala 2017

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The World Science Festival celebrates our 10th Anniversary during our 2017 Gala.

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NYC Festival Dates Announced:
May 30 – June 4

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Join us for an exploration of groundbreaking discoveries, encounters with the trailblazing scientists and thinkers who are changing the world, and youth & family events that will inspire the next generation of leaders.

The Moment AI Changed Mathematics Forever

Oct 2 @ 7pm: Has a machine just solved one of the most famous open problems in mathematics? Brian Greene speaks with Tristan Buckmaster, professor of mathematics at NYU's Courant Institute, about the Navier-Stokes equations, the Clay Institute's million dollar Millennium Prize, and the role artificial intelligence played in the progress toward an answer. LEARN MORE >

How Does Your Brain Know Where You Are?

How does your brain know where you are, even in the dark? Brian Greene speaks with Edvard Moser, Nobel laureate and director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, about the discovery of grid cells, the brain's internal coordinate system for space. WATCH NOW >

Are There Limits To What Physics Can Explain?

Brian Greene sits down with Marcelo Gleiser, theoretical physicist at Dartmouth College and Templeton Prize winner, for a conversation that moves between physics, philosophy, and the psychology of mortality. WATCH NOW >

What's Behind Everything You Do?

In this thought-provoking conversation with Brian Greene, social psychologist Sheldon Solomon explores the provocative idea that our fear of death profoundly shapes human behavior, drawing on decades of research inspired by Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death. WATCH NOW >

Exploring the Deep Mysteries of Physics

Are the laws of physics real, or are they human inventions? Sean Carroll, physicist, host of Mindscape podcast, and bestselling author, joins Brian Greene for a conversation on the workings of the world at its deepest level. WATCH NOW >

Does Einstein Need an Upgrade?

Did Einstein have any choice in formulating the general theory of relativity? Brian Greene speaks with Claudia de Rham, a pioneer of massive gravity. WATCH NOW >

Meet the Greatest Minds in the World

Explore physics, technology, cosmology, biology, mathematics, and more with leaders in the field.

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Videos

Cool Jobs: Amphibean Adventurer

Amphibian biologist Tyrone Hayes’s boyhood love of frogs turned into a career of adventure. Hear how he uncovered farming chemicals that give male frogs female reproductive capabilites, a discovery that …

Brilliant Breakthroughs: Nanoscience

This video is part of our Brilliant Breakthroughs series: our new 20-episode mini-series exploring the “Eureka!” moments and proud accomplishments of the greatest scientific minds of our time. Join us …

The Hardest Questions in Physics

What does it actually take to understand the universe at its deepest level, and what happens when the rules that govern it seem to contradict each other? Theoretical physicist Leonard …

Your Daily Equation #17: Planetary Orbits: Kepler, Newton, and Gravity

Join us for #YourDailyEquation with Brian Greene. Every Mon – Fri at 3pm EDT, Brian Greene will offer brief and breezy discussions of pivotal equations. Even if your math is a …

Brilliant Breakthroughs: Alan Guth

Your Brain On 34,000 Hours of Meditation: When Science and Tech Meet Spirituality

Richard Davidson, Karen Armstrong, and Kate Stockly, join Brian Greene to discuss the psychological and physiological impacts of sacred experiences, and how technology may make such experiences more readily available. …

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