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Why a Hedge Fund Started a Video Game Competition

The chief technology officer of one of the world’s largest hedge funds talks data.

November 27, 2017

Actually, There Is a Time Like the Present

Think there’s no time like the present? Modern physics begs to differ.

November 27, 2017

Cormac McCarthy Returns to the Kekulé Problem

Answers to questions and questions that cannot be answered.

November 27, 2017

Love, Death, and Other Forgotten Traditions

What we don’t tell our children.

November 13, 2017

Why Females Decide What’s Beautiful

Uncovering the nature of sexual selection.

November 13, 2017

The Mate Selection Trapdoor

Tracing the evolution of hidden sexual preferences.

November 13, 2017

The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence

The surprising forces influencing the complexity of the language we speak and write.

November 10, 2017

Andy Weir Visits the Moon

The best-selling writer of “The Martian” has a new book out, and it’s set closer to home.

November 10, 2017

When Mollusks Fall in Love

Two stories from the remarkable work of Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.

How to Teach Science with Sugar and Cream

High school teachers are bringing ice cream into the lab.

November 2, 2017

Is There Beer in Space?

How the emptiness of the void got filled.

November 2, 2017

Physics Has Demoted Mass

Modern physics has taught us that mass is not an intrinsic property.

November 2, 2017