http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com The 2008 World Science Festival signature programs are described below. We were gratified by the overwhelming demand for these programs, and are pleased to report that every program sold out. Many of these programs will be made available online in the coming months. To receive information about the online programming, and the World Science Festival's year-round programs, please sign up here . daily 1 2008-03-05T22:13:54Z http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/pioneers-in-science Could robots someday be our friends? And what would you like to know about how the universe works? A select group of high school students interviewed Nobel Laureate physicist Leon Lederman and ground-breaking robotic engineer Cynthia Breazeal on a wide range of subjects in front of a live audience. No publisher naltman Signature Events Youth & Family Events 2008-09-25T19:51:38Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/the-creating-brain Bill T. Jones, Michael York, Matthew Ritchie and Saul Griffith joined renowned neuroscientists to explore the brain’s creative impulses in a program that blended live performances and state-of-the-art brain imaging to shine a spotlight on the latest research informing our understanding of creativity and innovation. Moderator: John Hockenberry. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:05:53Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/cosmology Our audience joined Science Friday’s Ira Flatow in conversation with leading cosmologists Lawrence Krauss, Paul Steinhardt, and Lyman Page, and historian of science Helge Kragh as they discussed and debated new advances that are shaping our understanding of the cosmic order and our place within it. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:16:32Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/science-of-morality Philosophers Patricia Churchland and Daniel Dennett, neuroscientist Antonio Damasio and evolutionary biologist Marc Hauser discussed the science of right and wrong, and exploreed how our scientific understanding of morality may affect society, from shaping justice systems to deciding whether to engage in wars or assist others in economic and humanitarian struggles. Moderator: Jon Meacham. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:17:51Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/cool-jobs-in-science This multi-media event for curious minds of all ages invited our audience to meet scientists with some of the coolest jobs in the world — from crime scene investigator and space explorer to oceanographer and Disney Imagineer. No publisher naltman Signature Events Youth & Family Events 2008-09-25T20:19:21Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/the-minds-eye In this special presentation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks and NPR’s Robert Krulwich illuminated the often surprising relationship between vision and the brain. This wide-ranging discussion added a new chapter to Sacks’ ongoing exploration into the fascinating mysteries of the brain and human experience. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:22:27Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/the-sixth-extinction Our audience joined renowned conservationist Richard Leakey and bio-acoustician Bernie Krause for an intimate look at some of the world's most endangered species of plants and animals. Featuring astonishing sounds from the wild and stunning new footage from the Arctic, the program took us on a visceral journey through the past, present, and possible future of life on earth. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:26:53Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/future-cities In a program that celebrated human ingenuity while providing a stark reminder of looming challenges, leading innovators including the planner behind China's first eco-city, an inventor of stackable cars, and a pioneer of urban farming, laid out radical blueprints and innovative solutions as they imagine housing, feeding, transporting and sustaining city dwellers of the not too distant future. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:29:32Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/quantum Our audience joined Alan Alda as he accompanied Brian Greene, Nobel Laureate William Phillips and other leading thinkers at the vanguard of quantum research on an accessible multimedia exploration of the astounding weirdness of the quantum world. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:31:00Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/your-biological-biography Nobel Laureate Paul Nurse talked with geneticists Francis Collins and Jim Evans and renowned ethicists about how personal genomics will affect our lives. To what extent do our genes determine our health and who we are? If your DNA can hint at your future, will you read your biological biography? No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T20:49:36Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/faith-science An intimate look at what scientists have to say about their religious beliefs and what might be revealed by scientific studies of spirituality. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T21:00:13Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/greengenuity Our audience join self-described Lazy Environmentalist, media personality and author Josh Dorfman on an investigation of the ever-expanding marketplace for the would-be green consumer. With Dorfman wasthe eco-electronics pioneer behind the super energy-efficient One Laptop per Child computer, Mary Lou Jepsen, and the young entrepreneurs of Ecovative Design, inventors of infinitely recyclable materials and products made from mushrooms. No publisher mpoessel Signature Events 2008-09-25T21:02:42Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/music-and-the-brain The Abyssinian Gospel Choir joined neurologist/author Oliver Sacks in an exploration of the power of music, as the choir's performance provides a stimulating context for accounts of music’s biological foundations, and of patients whose lives were altered by the empowerment of music. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T21:04:13Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/powering-the-planet The shock of climate change has spurred a worldwide quest to power the planet with clean, renewable energy. In this sweeping town hall meeting moderated by New York Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin, pioneering scientists, conservationists and policy-makers considered the challenges presented by one of the most urgent problems of the twenty first century. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T21:05:25Z Event http://www2.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/what-it-means-to-be-human Scientists, artists and philosophers drew on a range of disciplines including fundamental physics, anthropology and robotics to explore what it means to be human now and what it could mean in the future. No publisher naltman Signature Events 2008-09-25T21:10:23Z Event