April 7, 2009

Arizona State's 'Origins Initiative' Opens With a Bang

By Katherine Mangan

Tempe, Ariz.

More than 70 of the world's most influential scientific thinkers, including eight Nobel laureates and a smattering of best-selling authors, gathered at Arizona State University here over the weekend to hash out their ideas about the origins of the universe, the stars and planets, human life, consciousness, and culture.

The four-day symposium, which some participants described as "the scientists' Woodstock," culminated in a daylong series of public lectures on Monday and kicked

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