World Science Festival

Join Brian Greene live and in-person for conversations with internationally renowned scientists, thinkers, and innovators, exploring the very edge of understanding.

Schedule:

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm: The Biggest Mysteries of the Big Bang

Scientists can now describe the unfolding cosmos with unprecedented precision, yet major mysteries remain, including the nature of expanding space, the need for dark matter and dark energy, and the possibility that our universe is but one of many separate realities. Join a conversation with leading researchers who will take us right to the edge–and just beyond–what we know about the deepest mysteries of the cosmos.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Wormholes, Exomoons and Black Holes: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier

Journey to the very frontier of astrophysical exploration, from black holes that may have been produced in the big bang, to the search for life on moons orbiting distant planets, to the mind-bending speculation that we may be able to create wormholes-tunnels through spacetime-in the laboratory.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Consciousness in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Can artificial intelligence experience artificial consciousness? Can AI illuminate human consciousness? Join a conversation that cuts across technology, neuroscience, philosophy and ethics as we grapple with the greatest mystery of all: how matter can make mind.

This program is part of the Big Ideas series, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.

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