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How Search Algorithms Are Changing the Course of Mathematics

The sum-of-three-cubes problem solved for “stubborn” number 33.

March 27, 2019

Aging Is a Communication Breakdown

Genes that can’t express themselves may be hallmarks of cancer.

March 19, 2019

How to Improve Political Forecasts

With a better understanding of probability, we won’t be misled.

March 19, 2019

Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds

A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.

March 13, 2019

What Makes Music Special to Us?

Clarifying the differences between what animals and humans hear.

March 13, 2019

How Imagination Will Save Our Cities

Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change.

March 6, 2019

The Math That Takes Newton Into the Quantum World

How a math professor learned to stop worrying and love algebraic geometry.

February 26, 2019

How the Universe Remembers Information

A “memory matrix” might solve Stephen Hawking’s black-hole paradox.

February 25, 2019

What Dark Matter Needs Are New Kinds of Experiments

After 30 years and no results, it’s time to support more entrepreneurial physicists.

February 20, 2019

Watch and See: The Medium Really Is the Message

How communication technologies shaped the arts and sciences.

February 20, 2019

Why We Stink at Tackling Climate Change

Global threats result from human culture outrunning human biology.

February 20, 2019

How to Get Close to a Black Hole

Want to understand the most mysterious object in the universe? Make one at home.

February 13, 2019