AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

Thematic Areas: Cosmos: Our Work

A variety of events related to the cosmos theme have been produced: Public Lectures Workshops Conferences & Forums AAAS Annual Meeting Symposia

•About •Our Work •Perspectives •Resources

Lectures

• George V. Coyne, Director of the Vatican Observatory
  The Dance of the Fertile Universe: Chance and Destiny Embrace 
  27 March 2006
• Searching for a Second Genesis of Life in Our Solar System
  22 September 2005
• Naturalness versus the Superstring Landscape, or, Why Does The Universe Appear Finely Tuned?
  28 April 2005
• Is the Universe Lively or Lonely? The Quest for Worlds and Life beyond Our Solar System
  15 April 2004
• Evidence and Cosmology: What we have learned from NASA's cosmic radiation probe
  19 February 2004
• Galileo and the Church: The myth and the reality
  13 November 2003
• Life Elsewhere? Astrobiology, Science and Society
  27 March 2003
• Before the Beginning...The Return of the Cyclic Universe
  16 January 2003
• Cosmology and Kabbalah
  29 November 2001
• Science, Religion, and the Origin of Life
  13 September 2001
• Physics, Metaphysics and Meaning
  29 March 2001

Conferences & Forums

• Cosmic Questions
  14-16 April 1999

Workshops

• Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives"
  A workshop series organized to consider the philosophical, ethical, and theological implications of the field of astrobiology, its explorations of the definition of life, the evolutionary origin of life, the search for extraterrestrial life, and the possibility of transporting life to or from Earth. Participants included biologists, planetary scientists, astronomers, ethicists and religious scholars. All workshops were held in Washington, DC.
  • Origin of Life
    21-23 February 2003
  • Extent of Life
    14-16 November 2003
  • Future of Life
    12-14 November 2004

AAAS Annual Meeting Symposia

• Before the Beginning
  January 1999, Anaheim, CA
• Implications of the Possibility of Life on Mars
  February 1997, Seattle, WA
• The Nature of Time
  February 1997, Seattle, WA
• Seminar - Science, Cosmology and Teleology: Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives
  February 1997, Seattle, WA