World Science Festival Courses

From Chemistry to Living Materials - Matter & Sound

Explore materials engineering with Prof. Markus Buehler in this 1-2 hour lecture from the World Science Festival, focusing on designing new proteins through manipulating vibrations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Universe or Multiverse

Explore the concepts of an inflationary multiverse and eternal inflation with Kavli Prize winner Andrei Linde in this 1-2 hour material from World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Fundamentals - Ten Keys to Reality - A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek

Explore quantum mechanics, dark matter, and cosmology with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek in this 2-3 hour program by World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 4 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes and String Theory

Explore quantum mechanics, black holes, and string theory with renowned physicists Brian Greene and Leonard Susskind in this 2-3 hour program by World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

How Black Holes Became Real

Explore the science of supermassive black holes with Astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan in this less than 1-hour lecture from World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Synthetic Biology’s Industrial Revolution

Explore synthetic biology's potential in solving environmental, energy, and medical problems with Bioengineer Drew Endy in this less than 1-hour lecture by World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Hunt for Supermassive Black Holes - A Conversation with Andrea Ghez

Join the World Science Festival for a 1-2 hour conversation with Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez on her journey to discovering a supermassive black hole, and her role as a science mentor.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

History and Mysteries of The Universe

Explore the mysteries of the universe with MIT Professor Max Tegmark in this 1-2 hour master class offered by World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

From Chemistry to Life

Explore the chemistry of life and alien existence with Dimitar Sasselov, founding director of Harvard’s Origins of Life Initiative, in this less than 1-hour lecture from World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

From Cancer to Covid-19 - Tackling Today's Medical Issues

Explore medical issues from cancer to Covid-19 with Nobel laureate Harold Varmus and Brian Greene in this 2-3 hour material from World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Accelerate, Collide, Detect

Explore particle physics with Nobel Laureate Barry Barish in this 1-2 hour material from World Science Festival. Dive into the future of particle accelerators and the limits of physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Gravitational Waves - Einstein’s Astrophysical Messengers

Explore gravitational waves and their detection with Gabriela González in this less than 1-hour material from World Science Festival. Uncover universe mysteries through LIGO experiments.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Special Relativity

Explore Einstein's insights into space, time, and energy with physicist Brian Greene in this 11-hour World Science Festival program. Requires high school algebra.

• YouTube
• 11 hours 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Fundamental Lessons From String Theory

Explore string theory with Harvard professor Cumrun Vafa and Brian Greene in this 2-3 hour material from World Science Festival. Dive into puzzles, black holes, and quantum gravity.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Rewiring the Brain - The Promise and Peril of Neuroplasticity

Explore the potential of neuroplasticity in healing and enhancing human abilities with top neuroscientists in this 1-2 hour program by World Science Festival.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk