Category: pleasure of knowledge

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. Our mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value,...

In 1935, Albert Einstein and two colleagues published a landmark paper revealing that quantum mechanics allows widely separated objects to influence one another, even though nothing travels between them. Einstein called it spooky and rejected the idea, arguing instead that it exposed a major deficiency in the quantum...

Bruno Zamborlin is a technologist, researcher, musician and designer. He’s been working on a joint PhD in computational technologies between Paris and London, exploring new methods for gestural interaction and its applications in performing arts and the creation of new musical instruments. Bruno is interested in the topic...

Albert Einstein never believed that black holes could be formed. Yet, his theory of general relativity paves a path for understanding black hole formation. Learn about this very interesting subject in this week’s installment of “A Moment of Science with Brian Greene.”

  PHYSICS: I understand the force and energy Quantum mechanics and relativity My field is pure and they rely on me I see the universe like nobody You may have made fun of me in high school For being awkward and following the rules Now I’ve got laser...