World Science Festival Blog

The World Science Festival has now officially started. Click on our list of events to see where tickets are still available — many events are already sold out. Here are some visual impressions from the opening and from the World Science Summit that marked the beginning of the Festival.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s opening address stressed the importance of science for politics. You can read more about it on Andrew Revkin’s blog at nytimes.com (more…)

Check out this interview with Festival co-founders Brian Greene and Tracy Day on New York Magazine’s Daily Intel blog! P.S.: We are reliably informed that there will be some balloons at the World Science Festival’s Street Fair.  And liquid nitrogen.

Just where did the idea for the World Science Festival come from? What do we hope to achieve? And where is all this meant to go? Find out in this interview with the Festival’s founders, Columbia physics professor Brian Greene and broadcast journalist Tracy Day.

Tracy Day, Brian Greene (more…)

Brian Greene and Tracy Day, Co-Founders of the World Science Festival, along with Board Member Alan Alda, were invited to preside over the May 5, 2008 Market Close of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. Here is our Monday in pictures:

The World Science Festival team was invited to close the NASDAQ market on May 5, 2008 (more…)