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Andrea Ghez in Hawaii
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Black-Hole Hunter Takes Aim at Einstein

By Joshua Sokol
July 27, 2017
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The astrophysicist Andrea Ghez spent two decades proving that a supermassive black hole anchors the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Her new plan? Test what happens when things get too close.

Kaisa Matomäki
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Kaisa Matomäki Dreams of Primes

By Kevin Hartnett
July 20, 2017
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Kaisa Matomäki has proved that properties of prime numbers over long intervals hold over short intervals as well. The techniques she uses have transformed the study of these elusive numbers.

Jessica Flack
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How Nature Solves Problems Through Computation

By Joshua Sokol
July 6, 2017
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The evolutionary biologist Jessica Flack seeks the computational rules that groups of organisms use to solve problems.

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Wanted: More Data, the Dirtier the Better

By Esther Landhuis
June 6, 2017
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The computational immunologist Purvesh Khatri embraces messy data as a way to capture the messiness of disease. As a result, he’s making elusive genomic discoveries.

Tim Maudlin
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A Defense of the Reality of Time

By George Musser
May 16, 2017
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Time isn’t just another dimension, argues Tim Maudlin. To make his case, he’s had to reinvent geometry.

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A Cosmic-Ray Hunter Takes to the Sky

By Natalie Wolchover
April 27, 2017
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Angela Olinto’s new balloon experiment takes her one step closer to the unknown source of the most energetic particles in the universe.

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A Map of Human History, Hidden in DNA

By Ariel Bleicher
April 20, 2017
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The computational biologist John Novembre uses our genetic code to rewrite the history of humanity.

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‘Digital Alchemist’ Seeks Rules of Emergence

By Natalie Wolchover
March 8, 2017
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Computational physicist Sharon Glotzer is uncovering the rules by which complex collective phenomena emerge from simple building blocks.

Sylvia Serfaty, Stefan Falke for Quanta Magazine
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In Mathematics, ‘You Cannot Be Lied To’

By Siobhan Roberts
February 21, 2017
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For Sylvia Serfaty, mathematics is all about truth and beauty and building scientific and human connections.


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