Since 2016, the World Science Festival teams in Brisbane and New York have joined forces to bring world-class science programs to our audiences through live conversations, debates, exhibits, demonstrations and performances.

 

In March each year, we’ve looked forward to welcoming World Science Festival co-founders Brian Greene and Tracy Day, along with renowned scientists, philosophers, authors and artists from around the world, to the Festival in Brisbane.

 

All year round you can enjoy videos from World Science Festival New York with some of their most popular and intriguing content and previous world premiere events. Binge them all and check out our YouTube channel for more fascinating programs!

January 16, 2024 • 1hr 26mins

Was the Big Bang the Beginning? Reimagining Time in a Cyclic Universe

A universe that continually expands has long been the dominant cosmological framework. But a universe that undergoes cycles of expansion and contraction, perhaps for all time, has recently been analyzed mathematically, and its proponents claim that it provides a more convincing cosmological paradigm.

January 16, 2024 • 1hr 55mins

AI: Grappling with a New Kind of Intelligence

A novel intelligence has roared into the mainstream, sparking euphoric excitement as well as abject fear. Explore the landscape of possible futures in a brave new world of thinking machines, with the very leaders at the vanguard of artificial intelligence.

January 16, 2024 • 54mins

Mind Over Molecules: The Biology of Memory

Explore memory’s biological blueprint as Brian Greene and Cristina Alberini probe the science behind our most cherished recollections, and discuss what may be the key to the formation of long-term memories.

January 16, 2024 • 57mins

Shedding Light on the Dark Universe

James Peebles, one of the world’s greatest cosmologists, has profoundly influenced our understanding of dark matter, dark energy, and the big bang, contributions that earned him the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.

January 16, 2024 • 1hr 26mins

Was the Big Bang the Beginning? Reimagining Time in a Cyclic Universe

A universe that continually expands has long been the dominant cosmological framework. But a universe that undergoes cycles of expansion and contraction, perhaps for all time, has recently been analyzed mathematically, and its proponents claim that it provides a more convincing cosmological paradigm.

August 5, 2023 • 51mins

James Webb Space Telescope: Comets, Planets, and the Origin of Life

Brian Greene in conversation with the JWST lead solar system scientist, Stefanie Milam.

March 22, 2023 • 1hr 28mins

Memory: The Hidden Pathways That Make Us Human

To what extent are we defined by our memories and can we trust them? Brian Greene investigates the interconnection of emotion and memory.

March 22, 2023 • 1hr 29mins

The Golden Age of Space Exploration

Humans are heading back to the moon…and this time, they have plans to stay. Brian Greene is joined by some of the world-renowned scientists engaged in space exploration.

March 22, 2023 • 1hr 40mins

Rewriting the Story of Humankind

As the story of our human origins continues to evolve, stunning new discoveries are rewriting that story, expanding our family tree, and challenging long-held assumptions.

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