World Science Festival Courses

Supermassive Black Holes - Rethinking Their Origin and Formation

Explore groundbreaking theories on supermassive black hole formation with astrophysicist Priya Natarajan, who challenges traditional collapse models and proposes direct formation from galactic matter.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Infinite Beginnings - Time and Origins in Modern Cosmology

Explore cutting-edge cosmological theories with Brian Greene and Will Kinney as they investigate eternal inflation and challenge conventional ideas about the universe's beginning.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Can You Trust Your Memories? - Exploring Consciousness, Memory, and the Human Mind

Explore consciousness, memory fallibility, empathy, and human nature through an engaging dialogue between psychologist Paul Bloom and physicist Brian Greene in this thought-provoking discussion.

• YouTube
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Can Colliding Stars Snap the Hubble Tension?

Explore cosmological mysteries with Brian Greene and Hiranya Peiris as they discuss dark matter, dark energy, universe expansion rates, and multiverse theories through the lens of colliding stars and the Hubble tension.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Foundations and Mysteries of Modern Cosmology

Explore modern cosmology's breakthroughs and mysteries with leading cosmologist Matias Zaldarriaga, covering CMB discoveries, inflation theory, gravitational waves, and AI's role in future research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Moon Dust to Mars Dreams: The Next Step Beyond Earth

Explore humanity's next steps in space exploration with astronaut Woody Hoburg and planetary scientists as they discuss the Artemis Program, lunar missions, Mars exploration, and the search for extraterrestrial life.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

When Thoughts Aren't Private: Will AI Soon Read our Minds?

Explore the cutting-edge intersection of AI and neuroscience as experts discuss brain decoding technologies, thought privacy concerns, and the future implications of machines that can interpret neural activity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Hubble Tension - Understanding Cosmological Discrepancies and Universe Expansion

Delve into the fascinating Hubble Tension with Brian Greene and Alex Filippenko as they explore this cosmological mystery and its implications for our understanding of universal expansion and dark energy.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Are Space and Time Created by Quantum Error Correction?

Explore the fascinating connection between spacetime and quantum error correction as MIT physicist Daniel Harlow and Brian Greene discuss black holes, holography, and fundamental questions about the nature of reality in theoretical physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Why Do Stories Outlast Civilizations? - The Timeless Power of Storytelling and Human Nature

Explore the timeless power of storytelling with physicist Brian Greene and Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan as they examine how narratives endure across civilizations and reveal human essence.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Are We Rewiring Our Minds? - Technology, Social Media, and Their Impact on Society and Democracy

Explore how social media and technology are reshaping human psychology, democracy, and society with insights from Jonathan Haidt and Brian Greene on digital age challenges.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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

Explore the intersection of neuroscience, technology, and spirituality as experts discuss meditation's physiological impacts, the science-religion relationship, and how modern tech might democratize transcendent experiences.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

What Creates Time? A Challenge to Scientific Orthodoxy - Understanding the Nature of Time and Entropy

Delve into a fascinating discussion with Julian Barbour and Brian Greene exploring unconventional theories about time's nature, entropy, and the universe's origins through the lens of physics and cosmology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Redesigning The Molecules of Life

Discover how Nobel laureate David Baker revolutionizes protein design to create custom molecules for medicine, climate solutions, and breaking down plastics using AI.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Quantum Frontier - Quantum Mechanics and Computing Discussion

Explore quantum mechanics mysteries and computing's future with renowned physicist John Preskill and Brian Greene in this comprehensive World Science Festival discussion.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video