ASU's 'Origins Initiative' opens with a bang

More than 70 of the world’s most influential scientific thinkers gathered at ASU to hash out their ideas about the origins of the universe, the stars and planets, human life, consciousness and culture.

“The Origins Initiative is designed to ask some of the deepest questions that people have ever asked,” says Lawrence M. Krauss, director of the project and School of Earth and Space Exploration professor.

“We wanted to start with a bang,” Krauss says.