Congratulations to George Zahariade, Maulik Parikh, and Frank Wilczek for winning the first award of the Gravity Research Foundation for their essay "The Noise of Gravitons." Click here to read the full details!
Our very own Dr. Hyunju Kim was recently interviewed in a podcast along with Dr. Ayan Paul on one of her projects on intelligence!
The Financial Times, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times have all listed Paul Davies' book among their chosen books of the year.
Order today with the link below!
Abstract: When Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper question: what is life?
Congratulations to Sara Walker for winning the NIH Challenge Award! The link below describes the award and the work Sara is doing to help solve the opioid crisis.
https://asunow.asu.edu/20191108-asu-astrobiologist-and-physicist-wins-nih-challenge-prize-innovation
Pictures Paul Davies took during a recent expedition to the Pilbara region of Australia to see the oldest traces of life on earth. The wavy lines in these 3.5 billion year old rocks are fossilized microbial mats called stromatolites. Check out the gallery section to see more pictures of these anciet rocks!
Director of the Beyond Center, Paul Davies recently had the honor of returning to Newcastle University to be made an Honorary Doctor of Science.
Check out the article below for more info!
Physicist Paul Davies talks to Jim al-Khalili about the origin of life, the search for aliens and the evolution of cancer.
In February, Paul Davies had the privilege of giving a talk at Google about his latest book and how hidden webs of information are solving the mysteries of life. Check it out using the link below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=favrMbfi1Pw
Photo Credit: Talks at Google
Click the link below and listen in at 2.42.17 to hear Paul Davies discuss his latest book, "The Demon in the Machine".
"The book is a manifesto for how we can answer the question what does it mean to be alive?"
Do you have questions you want to ask Paul Davies about his new book, "The Demon in the Machine"? Well he will be giving talks at the Royal Institution of Science and the Life Science Centre followed by a book signing! Click the links below for more information.
E-life is particpating in this years 7th ELSI Symposium: Comparative Emergence in Tokyo, Japan. Click on the link below to view the live stream!
A shipbound student with time to kill was the first to figure out the fate of dying stars. Paul Davies explains.
Read Dr. Davies' Abacus Column by clicking the link below.
An interdisciplinary team, with direction from SESE’s Sara Walker, recently published results of their study of 67 biological networks. In this study, the team sifted through data to better understand the root connections among the networks, measuring a number of mathematical features, simulating the networks’ behavior and looking for patterns to provide clues to what made them so special.
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (JOB# 12520)
Arizona State University
Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science
Pauline Newman interviews Dany Adams at the April 2018 workshop, "Tracing the deep evolutionary roots of cancer", hosted by the Beyond Center and NIC’s Arizona Cancer Evolution Center. Dany Adams is a research professor within the department of biology at Tufts University. This interview was based off of Adams' presentation at the workshop.
Image: ABC Radio Canberra: Clarissa Thorpe
Have you ever wondered if the universe is real... or if its possible to build a time machine?
Professor Paul Davies is a keynote speaker at the ANU's Expanding World Views conference in Canberra on July 19th, 2018.
When searching for E.T., scientists tend to look for signs of life with certain similarities to life on Earth. But abiding by that narrow definition of life could be the reason we still haven't found any aliens.
NExSS has produced a comprehensive series of articles outlining the past, present and future of research on how to search for signs of life on exoplanets.
Tomorrow, "Extraterrestrial life, explained" will be released on Netflix featuring Paul Davies!
"Explained" is an enlightening series from Vox that digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop. You don't want to miss it!
