Brian Greene and other "string theorists" are exploring a possible scenario in which people, and the entire world in which we live, are actually a 3-D holographic projection of two-dimensional data that exists outside the accessible universe.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will open the first annual World Science Festival (www.worldsciencefestival.com), an unprecedented celebration of scientific discovery, with a speech - "World Class Science By and For the People of New York City" - at Columbia University's Low Memorial Library at 8:30 a.m.

Sam Shepard, the Oscar-nominated actor and Pulitzer-winning playwright, will appear at the renowned storytelling collective The Moth (www.themoth.org) in an event entitled "Toil and Trouble...Stories of Experiments Gone Wrong," as part of the 2008 World Science Festival (www.worldsciencefestival.com).

One of the most significant moments in the history of science may come after a new particle collider starts work this year beneath the Swiss-French border, according to a renowned physicist, Brian Greene.

The First Annual World Science Festival will take place from May 28th through June 1st, 2008.