Balloons Lifting Science up, Vitamania, and How Your Face Is Shaped by Genes

Balloons Take Citizen Science to New Heights featured articles Why Are We So Obsessed With Vitamins? The Genes Behind Your Face Unlocking the Second Layer of Genetics What Are Neutrinos?

Focus on: Supernovae   The carbon forge         Supernova calling         Explosions and neutrinos       This week in science Plague Gerbils, Spilling Coffee, and the Downside of Dishwashers The waves of bubonic plague that washed through medieval Europe might have been driven by gerbils, not rats. A newly discovered black hole is so big—12 billion times larger than the sun—that it is challenging theories about how black holes grow. The ideal length of eyelashes is one-third the width of the eye ...[Read More] from the archive The Ghost in the Machine How The Frack Do They Do It? Hydraulic Fracturing 101 Can You Lie to an fMRI? Mind Control: Introducing BrainGate About World Science Festival   |   About World Science U   |   Terms of Use   |   Privacy Policy   |   Contact Us © 2015 Science Festival Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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NEW PROGRAM: "The Genius of Einstein” with Brian Greene

The World Science Festival, in partnership with 92nd Street Y's 7 Days of Genius Festival, invites you to a special evening on Albert Einstein, Friday, March 6 at 7:30PM, featuring physicist Brian Greene, author and filmmaker Thomas Levenson and neurologist Frederick Lepore. Join us for a fascinating and incisive look at the man, the scientist, and the brain of Albert Einstein. Offering three different but overlapping views, this program weaves together physics, history and neurology to paint a vibrant portrait of one of science's most astonishing minds. About World Science Festival   |   About World Science U   |   Terms of Use   |   Privacy Policy   |   Contact Us © 2015 Science Festival Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Brain Science in 'Still Alice,' Defending Vaccines, Mysteries of the Heart

The Actress and the Neuropsychologist featured articles Smart Reads: The Man Who Touched His Own Heart What Are Black Holes? In Anti-Vax Hotspot, a Family Doctor Defends Vaccines How Far Are We From Teleportation?

Focus on: Game Time   Pong gets personal         Video game literature         Gaming torture       This week in science Martian Mystery, Rock-Hard Snail Teeth, NYC Underwater Scientists think a mysterious plume seen above Mars might be a large cloud or aurora—but neither explanation completely squares with what we know about the Martian upper atmosphere. Move over, spider silk; sea snail teeth are found to be the the new strongest natural material. A red dwarf star passed through the edge of our solar system a mere 70,000 years ago...[Read More] from the archive Radiation: The Next Challenge in the Search for Alien Life Sudoku on Steroids What Did Early Humans Eat? Murdering While Asleep About World Science Festival   |   About World Science U   |   Terms of Use   |   Privacy Policy   |   Contact Us © 2015 Science Festival Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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