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Ewine van Dishoeck at Noordwijk beach in the Netherlands.
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Ewine van Dishoeck, the Netherlander Who Traced Water’s Origin

By Natalie Wolchover +1 authors
Olena Shmahalo
November 1, 2018
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The astrochemist and winner of the 2018 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics has wondered about the cosmic origin of water while enjoying Noordwijk beach near her hometown of Leiden.

Victoria Meadows in her garden with her cockatoo.
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Victoria Meadows’ Earthly Visions of Alien Life

By Natalie Wolchover +1 authors
Olena Shmahalo
June 5, 2018
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A living, breathing garden in Seattle serves as the perfect backdrop to an astrobiologist’s search for life on faraway planets.

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Jason Morgan Recalls Discovering Earth’s Tectonic Plates

By Natalie Wolchover +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
August 28, 2017
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Jason Morgan developed the theory of plate tectonics in 1967 while working among a critical mass of talented geophysicists at Princeton University.

Janet Conrad
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Janet Conrad, Seeker of Neutrinos and Other Curiosities

By Michael Moyer +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
August 21, 2017
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The physicist and curios collector hopes to reveal the hidden structure lurking in the subatomic world.

Joe Polchinsky at the Kavli Institute
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Joe Polchinski’s Restless Pursuit of Quantum Gravity

By Natalie Wolchover +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
August 7, 2017
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The pot-stirring string theorist and quantum gravity theorist never sits still for long.

Eva Silverstein at Stanford University
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Eva Silverstein’s Spirals and Strings

By Natalie Wolchover +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
July 17, 2017
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Daily bike rides, serendipitous interactions and long periods of solo thinking inspire this string cosmologist.

Subhash Khot
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Subhash Khot, Playing Unique Games in Washington Square Park

By Thomas Lin +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
July 10, 2017
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The theoretical computer scientist behind the influential Unique Games Conjecture delights in the wonders of New York’s Washington Square Park, where he ponders the impossible.

Juan Maldacena
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Juan Maldacena, Pondering Quantum Gravity by the Pond

By Natalie Wolchover +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
June 23, 2017
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One of the world’s preeminent theoretical physicists seeks a quiet place to think.

Helen Quinn and Roberto Peccei at Stanford University
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Roberto Peccei and Helen Quinn, Driving Around Stanford in a Clunky Jeep

By Thomas Lin +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
June 15, 2017
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The two physicists who introduced Peccei-Quinn symmetry came up with their idea on and around Stanford University’s campus 40 years ago.


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