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Complexity Theory Problem Strikes Back

The legendary graph isomorphism problem may be harder than a 2015 result seemed to suggest.

January 6, 2017

The Not-So-Fine Tuning of the Universe

There’s more than one way to build a universe suitable for life.

January 6, 2017

Dr. Kirk Johnson

Sant Director, National Museum of Natural History

January 5, 2017

Sean B. Carroll, PhD

Vice President for Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

January 5, 2017

Dr. Chiara M. F. Mingarelli

Gravitational-wave Astrophysicist, Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

January 5, 2017

Dr. Robbert Dijkgraaf

Director and Leon Levy Professor, Institute for Advanced Study

January 5, 2017

Joyce Poole

The elephant researcher tells her story.

January 5, 2017

Test Your Mathematical Sculpting Skills

Can you turn a two-dimensional fractal into a 3-D object? Break out your scissors and tape for a chance to win a 3-D printed sculpture.

January 5, 2017

Lisa Becking

A marine biologist talks about the wonders of hidden lakes.

January 5, 2017

France A. Cordova

Director of the National Science Foundation

January 5, 2017