Rutgers University mathematician Alex Kontorovich takes us on a journey through the continents of mathematics to learn about the awe-inspiring symmetries at the heart of the Langlands program.
Janet Conrad explains how sterile neutrinos might help physicists move past the Standard Model.
Erik Verlinde describes how emergent gravity and dark energy can explain away dark matter.
Cynthia Dwork explains how to conduct a survey that asks people if they do embarrassing — or even illicit — things.
Richard Lenski discusses how he has been surprised by evolution.
Michael Costanzo, a biologist at the University of Toronto and a lead author on the new study, explains why it’s important to understand how genes interact.
Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States.
Michael Zitolo is turning the way science is approached in the classroom upside down.
In school or in life, Soni Midha wants her math students to be able to prove why something is correct.
Channa Comer teaches 6th-grade science. She focuses on engagement so kids will want to keep learning.