Alan Alda and Dr. Harold Varmus on the World Science Festival

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 31, 2012

Alan Alda and Dr. Harold Varmus discuss the 2012 World Science Festival, May 30 – June 3. The Foundation’s mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.

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