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Lawrence Krauss’ new book, A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing, was released January 10, 2012.  A provocative yet accessible examination of the most basic underpinnings of existence, A Universe from Nothing has already received high praise from top names in the scientific and literary community including Sam Harris, ..

  The ASU Origins Project is pleased to announce that Manfred Laubichler, Professor in the School of Life Sciences has been named Associate Dir..

Hollywood is wrong about aliens. They don't have oddly shaped heads, bulging eyes or even an eery green hue. Dimitar Sasselov is pretty convinced of that.   He's not even sure we'll know them when we see them. Prof Sasselov, an astrophysicist, thinks that if life exists elsewhere - and he believes it does - it will l..

Seventy honors biology students from Chaparral High School studied “mystery” rocks and meteorites to explore aspects of astrobiology on a recent visit to ASU. The visit..

Another academic year is history, but relive the magic with our 2011 NEWSLETTER!

By Claudia Dreifus (New York Times) Published: May 9, 2011   TEMPE, Ariz. — Like Einstein, he is as famous for his story as for his science.  

A new club is bringing students together to contemplate human existence, life, consciousness, culture and the universe.  

Making the case that much of the advance of human society and culture would have been drastically hindered without the wonders of plumbing, Arizona State University engineer..

Thousands of people attended events sponsored by the ASU Origins Project during its inaugural Science & Culture Festival, April 7-11.   Key festival participa..

Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has publically said not to contact aliens. But he actually helped one Valley student get a personal message beamed up to space. Cronkite News reporter Bradford Dworak shows us a contest that's out of this world.   

Stephen Hawking, Werner Herzog, Anthony Grayling, Liz Lerman and Jean Auel will be among the celebrities and scientists at Arizona State University April 7-11 for a science and culture festival.  ..

"Two dozen chemists, geologists, biologists, planetary scientists and physicists gathered here recently to ponder where and what Eden might have been. Over a long weekend they plastered the screen in their conference room with intricate chemical diagrams through which electrons bounced in a series of interactions like marbles rattling up and down and over bridges through one of those ch..

Renowned scientists in fields ranging from astrobiology to genetics disputed the origin of life on Earth as we know it and the definition of life itself during a panel discussion titled "The Greate Debate: What is Life?" at Arizona State University on Feb. 12.   Many of the debaters agreed..

Nobel prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek will be in residence January 18-28, 2011 as an Origins Project Distinguished Visiting Professor.     Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for work he did when he was just 21 years old as a graduate student working with David Gross, with whom he shared the 2004 prize. Among his notable accomplishments and co..

ASU Origins Project Writer-in-Residence, Lucy Hawking, will be speaking at the Arizona Science Center on December 5 at 2 pm. Hawking has a knack for translating complex scientific concepts into language accessible by the general public, particularly children. Her "George" books--"George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt" and "George's Secret Key to the Universe&quo..

  The Great Debate: Can Science Tell Us Right From Wrong?  Saturday, November 6 7 pm ASU Gammage Auditorium Close to 2000 people packed Gammage Auditorium on November 6 to hear a distinguished panel of scientists and philosophers discuss whether recent advances in neuroscience and ev..

How Culture Transformed Human Evolution Rob Boyd, Professor of Anthropology, UCLA   Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 7 pm Design North (CDN 60), ASU Tempe campus   Cosponsored by: ASU Origins Project Institute of Human Origins School of Human Evolution and Social Ch..