Marcelo was director of The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE) — a nucleus of intellectual and spiritual transformation, a bridge between the sciences and the humanities that people can cross in both directions and, in doing so, enrich themselves and their worldview.

13.8: Science, Culture, Meaning

Marcelo has relaunched the 13.8 blog, where he writes about science and culture with physicist and 13.8 co-founder Adam Frank.

Question Reality! Science, Philosophy, a Search for Meaning

Trace philosophy and science through the ages in Marcelo’s newest MOOC.

How to Ignite Secular Spirituality

In this virtual meeting, convened by Synergos, Marcelo Gleiser discusses how Covid-19 is impacting our worldviews and ways to co-create a new world through our individual and collective actions.

NYAS Panel Discussion: The Enigma of Life

Marcelo analyzes the impact of awe and wonder on his own work and on the mindsets of his colleagues carrying out cutting-edge scientific research.

The Origins of Life

In this TEDxEast talk, Marcelo tells the 13.7-billion-year story of our universe in 18 minutes.

How We Make Sense of the World: Information, Map-Making, and The Scientific Narrative

A new paper by Marcelo and Damian Sowinski on applying information theory to how we make sense of the world.

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Great Issues, New Perspectives (Video)

Marcelo joined Latif Nasser, host of the Radiolab podcast series and Netflix’s "Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything" for a live conversation about science skepticism and the need for empirical evidence as a way to keep our society whole.

Why Are We Here? (video)

A four-part documentary in which Oxford physicist Ard Louis and filmmaker David Malone meet scientists, philosophers, and writers to discuss questions about meaning and the nature of the universe. Marcelo discusses:

Virtual Think Tanks: Physicists Who Blog

Marcelo and his compelling posts at NPR's 13.7 Cosmos & Culture are featured in an APS profile about scientists using the Internet to engage with the public.

The Multiverse (video)

Dan Schneider interviews Marcelo about the existence of the multiverse.

A Leap of Faith: Finding Common Ground Between Science and Religion (audio)

Marcelo Gleiser on Pluto and Uncovered Secrets (video)

Since the NASA spacecraft New Horizons’ flyby of Pluto in July, the world has been amazed and fascinated by the craft’s close-up photographs of a planet billions of miles from Earth. Looking at Pluto, we are essentially looking at our own past. We are looking at our origins.

Marcelo Gleiser, "The Island of Knowledge" (video)

In "The Island of Knowledge," Marcelo traces our search for answers to some of the most fundamental questions of existence and reaches a provocative conclusion: the main tool we use to find answers – science – is fundamentally limited.

Science as Salvation?

Marcelo wants to heal the rift between humanists and scientists by deflating scientific dreams of establishing final truths.

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