World Science Festival
World Science Festival

World Science Festival

2016 2 Seasons 24 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary Talk

The World Science Festival gathers great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that allows a broad general audience to engage with scientific discoveries. Their mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.

The World Science Festival gathers great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that allows a broad general audience to engage with scientific discoveries. Their mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Infinite Worlds: A Journey through Parallel Universes

The multiverse hypothesis, suggesting that our universe is but one of perhaps infinitely many, speaks to the very nature

EP 2

Quantum Reality: Space, Time, and Entanglement

Ninety years after the historic double-slit experiment, the quantum revolution shows no sign of slowing. Join a vibrant

EP 3

A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram

What we touch. What we smell. What we feel. They’re all part of our reality. But what if life as we know it reflects o

EP 4

Beyond Beauty: The Predictive Power of Symmetry

From a bee’s hexagonal honeycomb to the elliptical paths of planets, symmetry has long been recognized as a vital qual

EP 5

Engineering the Brain: Deploying a New Neural Toolkit

A new generation of technology is revolutionizing neuroscience, allowing a closer study of the brain than had ever seeme

EP 6

Gravitational Waves: A New Era of Astronomy Begins

On September 14th, 2015, a ripple in the fabric of space, created by the violent collision of two distant black holes ov

EP 7

Hidden Dimensions: Exploring Hyperspace

Extra dimensions of space — the idea that we are immersed in hyperspace — may be key to explaining the fundamental n

EP 8

Neutrinos, Matter, and Antimatter: The Yin Yang of the Big Bang

What happened to all of the universe's antimatter? Can a particle be its own anti-particle? And how do you build an expe

EP 9

How Music Affects Your Brain: Notes on the Folds

Scientists are now finally discovering what thinkers, musicians, or even any of us with a Spotify account and a set of h

EP 10

Measure for Measure: Quantum Physics and Reality

When no one is looking, a particle has near limitless potential: it can be nearly anywhere. But measure it, and the part

EP 11

The Illusion of Certainty: Risk, Probability, and Chance

Stuff happens. The weather forecast says it’s sunny, but you just got drenched. You got a flu shot—but you’re sick

EP 12

The Matter of Antimatter: Answering the Cosmic Riddle of Existence

You exist. You shouldn’t. Stars and galaxies and planets exist. They shouldn’t. The nascent universe contained equal

EP 1

Engineering Immortality: The End of Aging?

Are there limits to the human lifespan? Is it possible to stop the process of aging? On average, humans now live far lon

EP 2

Cartographers of the Brain: Mapping the Connectome

Scientists are attempting to map the wiring of the nearly 100 billion neurons in the human brain. Are we close to uncove

EP 3

Harnessing the Power of Neuroplasticity: The Nuts and Bolts of Better Brains

What if your brain at 77 were as plastic as it was at 7? What if you could learn Mandarin with the ease of a toddler or

EP 4

Who Is Out There: Why Alien 'Life' May Be Weirder Than We Imagine

If we want to discover alien life out there in the universe, we first need to figure out where to look-and what we're ev

EP 5

My Neurons, My Self

With ever more refined techniques for measuring complex brain activity, scientists are challenging the understanding of

EP 6

The Social Synapse: Neuroscience and the Roots of Human Connections

Humans work together on enormous scales to build complex tools as large as cities and create social networks that span t

EP 7

The Believing Brain: Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct

EP 8

Resistance Is (Not) Futile: The End of Antibiotics and the Future of Fighting Infections

We have fallen woefully behind in the race to keep up with harmful bacteria as they continually evolve to outsmart our a

EP 9

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: The Future of Augmented Intelligence

Computers are getting smarter and more creative, offering spectacular possibilities to improve the human condition. Ther

EP 10

Forever Young: The Promise of Human Regeneration

From lab-grown organs to tissue engineering, regenerative medicine holds the potential to deliver eternal life. How clos

EP 11

The Roots of Extremism: The Fundamentalist in Your Brain

Nearly every group has its extreme outliers. Where does fundamentalism come from? How does the most powerful organ in th

EP 12

The Microbiome: Vital Cells of Existence

For every cell in your body, there's another tiny single-celled creature that also calls your body home. Far from being

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