The UCLA astrophysicist Andrea Ghez explains how tracking the movement of stars revealed the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
How does gravity work in the quantum regime? A holographic duality from string theory offers a powerful tool for unraveling the mystery.
Valeria Pettorino discusses the prospects of learning about dark energy with the Euclid satellite.
Mario Jurić explains how the nature of what it means to be an astronomer is changing.
Stem cell researcher Renee Reijo Pera of Montana State University explains how the timing of developmental events in the early embryo can subtly affect health many years later.
Tomas Bohr explains the significance of the double-slit experiment in exposing the weirdness of the quantum world.
Rosaly Lopes explains why it’s worth exploring the huge variety of volcanoes on other worlds.
Scientists have discovered a mysterious pattern that somehow connects a bus system in Mexico and chicken eyes to quantum physics and number theory.
Akshay Venkatesh on his mathematical working style, which took him many years to discover.
Constantinos Daskalakis on why he studies the interface between theoretical computer science and human behavior.