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The Cryptographer Working to Protect Computations
Kalai discusses the meaning of cryptography and how essential it is to our daily lives.
A Bet Against Quantum Gravity
Oppenheim describes why he thinks gravity can’t be squeezed into the same quantum box as the other fundamental forces — and what he’s proposing as an alternative.
Can a New Law of Physics Explain a Black Hole Paradox?
Leonard Susskind and collaborators set out to understand why black hole interiors grow forever. They ended up proposing a new law of physics.
The Digital Quest for Quantum Gravity
Renate Loll has helped pioneer a radically new approach to quantum gravity. She assumes that the fabric of space-time is a blend of all possible fabrics, and she has developed the computational tools needed to calculate the far-reaching implications of that assumption.
How a Computer Broke a 50-Year Math Record
DeepMind researchers successfully trained an AI called AlphaTensor to find new, faster algorithms for matrix multiplication.
She Tracks Wildlife eDNA on Everest and in the Andes
Tracie Seimon of the WCS’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory describes her biodiversity research, which is based on eDNA — DNA collected from the environment.
The Computer Scientist Taking on Big Tech: Privacy, Lies and AI
Narayanan discusses his work on de-anonymization and fairness and why it matters.