The Theory That Could Rewrite the Laws of Physics
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Plate Tectonics: The Mystery of Earth's Many Faces
Plate tectonics is the narrative arc that ties every episode in Earth's geologic history together. T ...View More
Iceland Is a Portal to Mars
Volcanoes are intimately connected with life. Scientists are using the current eruptions in Iceland ...View More
Fighting for Equality in Computer Science and Beyond
Rediet Abebe uses the tools of theoretical computer science to understand pressing social problems — ...View More
How to Shrink Big Data
Jelani Nelson, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, expands the theoretic ...View More
Inside Dynamical Systems and the Mathematics of Change
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The Cosmologist Who Dreams of Dark Matter
Cora Dvorkin studies the invisible universe. Known as dark matter, it is thought to comprise roughly ...View More
The Extraordinary Math Hidden in Everyday Life
L. Mahadevan is a professor of applied mathematics, physics, and organismic and evolutionary biology ...View More
Meet One of NASA's Pioneering Women
In 1967, Christine Darden was added to the pool of "human computers" who wrote complex programs and ...View More
What Makes Physics Beautiful, According to a Nobel Prize Winner
In 1972, Frank Wilczek and his thesis adviser, David Gross, discovered the basic theory of the stron ...View More
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