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Listen to the interview "Cosmic Mysteries: From Aliens to Cancer Treatments, The Timeless Importance of the Study of Physics" here!

Listen to Paul Davies' interview on his latest book "The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life" by New Books in Science, Technology, and Society.

If you missed it live or if you just want to watch it again, you can now view all of our Ask a Physicst webinars on our Beyond Center Youtube channel.

August: Are we living in a computer simulation?

Join ASU CSI for a virtual dinner on December 3rd at 8 pm! This virtual webinar will include a short film on the search for life in the cosmos, and a talk with the Beyond Center's Sara Imari Walker!

The link to register for the webinar is here. 

We are greatly saddened to learn that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Britain's former Chief Rabbi, passed away on Saturday November 7. It was just last month that ASU hosted a live discussion with Lord Sacks, moderated by Pauline Davies, and including Paul Davies as a panelist.

Click this link to watch Paul Davies and Kimberly Bussey's talk from the Cancer and Evolution Symposium on reverting to single-cell biology in cancer!

In May of this year, the Beyond Center worked with Moogsoft Inc. to conduct a workshop with efforts to  inform public policy in response to the pandemic. Click this link to read about the ideas expressed in the workshop by our scientists and their views for where future research may be found!

The Beyond Center is honored to receive the Melanie Brose Research Grant, and we look forward to continuing conceptual research in her name. Read below to learn more about Melanie Brose and the meaning behind the award.

Pauline (Newman) Davies strikes again with another feature on The Science Show with Robyn Williams on the matter of joining the quantum revolution! Click here to listen to the podcast!

Click this link to read Paul Davies' new article published on Physics Today and learn new information how key concepts bridge together physics and biology.

Click this link to hear Pauline (Newman) Davies disuss the oldest traces of life on Earth and how they may train scientists to search for life on Mars. 

Tap on this link to watch an interview of Paul Davies conducted by Sam Barton, the host of Talk of Today!

Click here to read the ASU Now article about the workshop Beyond Center researchers held in an effort to outline a theory of networks in breaking the coronavirus.

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!