David Kaplan explores the leading theories for the origin of life on our planet.
Federico Ardila on the joys and challenges of teaching math and helping students find their mathematical voice.
Michael Assis demonstrates how defects can be used to tune the properties of Miura-ori origami.
Rebecca Goldin explains why quantitative literacy is so important.
Nigel Goldenfeld explains how condensed matter physics provides insights into the collective state of early life on Earth.
Neil Johnson on the physics of collective human behavior.
Svitlana Mayboroda describes how the landscape function helps solve the mystery of wave localization.
Jay Pasachoff explains what scientists can learn during a total solar eclipse.
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.
Jessica Flack describes the special challenges of applying collective computation to the understanding of complex biological systems.