Science Plus, 2013 to 2026.
Eighty sessions since 2013, in person at Ray's home until 2020 and online since. Here is how they add up.
Sessions by year.
Thirty-three sessions were held in person between 2013 and 2019. Forty-seven have been held online since 2020.
| Year | Sessions | Era |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | In person |
| 2014 | 7 | In person |
| 2015 | 5 | In person |
| 2016 | 4 | In person |
| 2017 | 6 | In person |
| 2018 | 3 | In person |
| 2019 | 6 | In person |
| 2020 | 7 | Online |
| 2021 | 7 | Online |
| 2022 | 7 | Online |
| 2023 | 6 | Online |
| 2024 | 8 | Online |
| 2025 | 7 | Online |
| 2026 | 5 | Online |
Fields of inquiry.
92 subject tags across the series; some overlap. Select a field to see its presenters.
| Field | Tag count |
|---|---|
| Physics | 16 |
| Medicine & Genomics | 14 |
| Space & Planets | 10 |
| Climate & Environment | 9 |
| Economics | 9 |
| Biology & Evolution | 7 |
| Geopolitics | 7 |
| Neuroscience | 6 |
| AI & Technology | 5 |
| Mathematics | 5 |
| Philosophy | 4 |
Counted from the institutions named in each presenter's description. Provisional — some descriptions do not yet name an affiliation.
Recorded on the presenters page. Not a complete list.
- 2 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Janice Stein, Kumar Murty
- 2 Order of Canada Janice Stein, Ron Burnett
- 1 Guggenheim Fellow Tim Maudlin
- 1 Canada Research Chair Marco Marra
- 1 Hong Kong Young Scientist Award Amruth Alfred
- 1 Distinguished University Scholar Lara Boyd
- 3 Named or endowed chairs Neil Shubin, Leonard Susskind, James Galbraith
Presenters who returned.
Four presenters have given a second session.
Charles Beichman presented on the James Webb Space Telescope in February 2022. In March 2023 his daughter Annabel Beichman presented on the genomes of endangered marine mammals. Thirteen months apart.
A few of the presenters.
Drawn from the full list on the presenters page.
Leonard Susskind
Stanford's Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics, one of the founders of string theory and the holographic principle, on string theory, black holes and the landscape, in an open Q&A.
Suzanne Simard
The UBC ecologist behind Finding the Mother Tree explained how trees communicate and share resources through underground fungal networks.
Neil Shubin
University of Chicago paleontologist, co-discoverer of Tiktaalik — the "fish with hands" — and author of Your Inner Fish, which gave the session its name.
Michael Hayden
A world authority on the genetics of Huntington's disease, UBC's Michael Hayden made the case that no disease is hopeless anymore.
Marco Marra
Director of the BC Cancer Agency Genome Sciences Centre, whose team sequenced the SARS coronavirus genome in 2003, spoke twice — on cancer genomics and the Personalized OncoGenomics Project.
Neil Turok
The former Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics ranged from personal history to the shape of the universe, and his work building science and mathematics capacity in Africa.
Rebecca Goldstein
Philosopher and author, who spoke on Plato at the Googleplex and on the drive that propels human beings to want to matter.
Janice Stein
Founding Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and member of the Order of Canada, on Putin and world politics.
Michel Laberge
Founder of General Fusion, Burnaby, BC, on the company's progress and the wider global race for commercial fusion power.
Charles & Annabel Beichman
Charles presented on the James Webb Space Telescope weeks after its launch. His daughter Annabel presented a year later on the genomes of endangered marine mammals.
Next session: October 20, 2026.
Sandy Steffen on Arctic mercury pollution and the 2025 Antarctic expedition.
Session details → All 78 presenters →