Videos

Tim Maudlin explains how math has led physicists to believe some very strange things about the nature of time.

John Novembre explains how he uses genomic data to map human history.

Sharon Glotzer explains how emergence, entropy and order can all fit together.

Sylvia Serfaty explains why you don’t have to be a genius to become a mathematician.

Francis Su explains how mathematics can help a person to live well.

Francis Su discusses how the community of mathematicians tends to exclude certain people.

Marcus Feldman explains how he models the effects of a cultural preference — in this case, a preference for sons over daughters in China.

Elena Aprile explains how she hunts for dark matter in the world’s largest underground laboratory.

Janet Conrad explains how sterile neutrinos might help physicists move past the Standard Model.