David Kaplan explores the leading theories for the origin of life on our planet.
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.
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.