HowTheLightGetsIn x Live Science

Live Science partners HowTheLightGetsIn is the world's largest ideas, science, and music festival, which takes place each year in two locations across the U.K., London and Hay. If you missed out on their London festival, don't worry. All the festival's previous events, including all the debates and talks from the recent London festival, can be watched on IAI.TV. Spanning topics from quantum to consciousness and everything in between, you’ll find videos, articles, and even monthly online events from pioneering thinkers including Roger Penrose, Carlo Rovelli, and Sabine Hossenfelder. Enjoy a free monthly trial today at iai.tv/subscribe.

The next festival returns to Hay from May, 23-26 2025, following the theme "Navigating the Unknown." For more details and info about Early bird tickets, head over to howthelightgetsin.org.

Latest about HowTheLightGetsIn festival

Yoshua Bengio at the All In event in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

Humanity faces a 'catastrophic' future if we don’t regulate AI, 'Godfather of AI' Yoshua Bengio says

By Ben Turner published

Yoshua Bengio played a crucial role in the development of the machine-learning systems we see today. Now, he says that they could pose an existential risk to humanity.

Artificial Intelligence
Timothy Morton speaks on stage

Humans have long been a 'geophysical force on a planetary scale,' says philosopher Timothy Morton. That's neither good nor bad.

By Alexander McNamara published

Interview The person dubbed "the prophet of the Anthropocene" talks to Live Science about how they got this title, what the Anthropocene means, and why we need to stop trying to define when it started and accept that we've been in it for millennia.

Interview
Profile image of psychologist, Dr Dinesh Bhugra

'What is normal today may not be normal in a year's time': Dr. Dinesh Bhugra on the idea of 'normal' in psychiatry

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Live Science spoke with leading psychiatrist Dr. Dinesh Bhugra ahead of his appearance at the HowTheLightGetsIn festival in London.

Psychology
A man in a suit sitting down looks into a large telescope

'Space trash' will lead us to intelligent aliens, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says

By Brandon Specktor published

The long-sought evidence of alien life could be lurking in Earth's oceans, says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. Here is his plan to find it.

Extraterrestrial Life
A banner for Live Science's partnership with HTLGI festival. The code for the 20% discount is LS24

Live Science x HowTheLightGetsIn — Get discounted tickets to the world’s largest ideas and music festival

By Alexander McNamara published

Live Science has partnered with HowTheLightGetsIn, taking place from Sept. 21 to 22 at Kenwood House, London. See how our readers can get a special discount.

Arts & Entertainment