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How Radio Astronomy Reveals the Universe

By Emily Levesque
April 13, 2021
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Radio waves, longer and less energetic than visible light, give astronomers access to some of the most obscure physics in the cosmos.

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The Mysterious Math of Perfection

By Patrick Honner
March 15, 2021
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Enter the world of perfect numbers and explore the mystery mathematicians have spent thousands of years trying to solve.

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Isadore Singer Transcended Mathematical Boundaries

By Daniel S. Freed
March 4, 2021
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A former graduate student reflects on how Isadore Singer, who died on February 11, brought together mathematicians, physicists and anyone else interested in the deeper connections between diverse fields.

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How to Understand COVID-19 Variants and Their Effects on Vaccines

By Tara C. Smith
February 25, 2021
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Researchers are tracking the different strains of SARS-CoV-2 and studying how they spread through our population and our bodies.

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Topology 101: The Hole Truth

By David S. Richeson
January 26, 2021
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The relationships among the properties of flexible shapes have fascinated mathematicians for centuries.

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The Crooked Geometry of Round Trips

By Patrick Honner
January 13, 2021
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Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?

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How Claude Shannon Invented the Future

By David Tse
December 22, 2020
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Today’s information age is only possible thanks to the groundbreaking work of a lone genius.

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Contemplating the End of Physics

By Robbert Dijkgraaf
November 24, 2020
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Has physics reached the limits of what we can discover — or are the possibilities only just beginning?

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Some Math Problems Seem Impossible. That Can Be a Good Thing.

By Patrick Honner
November 18, 2020
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Struggling with math problems that can’t be solved helps us better understand the ones we can.


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