Live Stream the World Science Festival, Starting (Now) with This Tribute to Oliver Sacks

A quick heads up: The World Sci­ence Fes­ti­val is get­ting under­way today in New York City. Through­out the week (June 1–5), the fes­ti­val will stage 50 live pro­grams that bring togeth­er great minds in sci­ence and the arts. A num­ber of them you can stream free online, includ­ing “Awak­en­ing the Mind: A Cel­e­bra­tion of the Life and Work of Oliv­er Sacks.” Watch it now (5pm CA time) right above. For a com­plete list of stream­able events, click here.

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