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When Computers Write Proofs, What’s the Point of Mathematicians?
Andrew Granville muses on how artificial intelligence could profoundly change math.
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Francis Su explains how mathematics can help a person to live well.
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Francis Su discusses how the community of mathematicians tends to exclude certain people.
Marcus Feldman: In Search of Actions That Alter Evolution
Marcus Feldman explains how he models the effects of a cultural preference — in this case, a preference for sons over daughters in China.
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Elena Aprile explains how she hunts for dark matter in the world’s largest underground laboratory.
Janet Conrad: On a Hunt for a Ghost of a Particle
Janet Conrad explains how sterile neutrinos might help physicists move past the Standard Model.