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Why I Built a Dumb Cell Phone with a Rotary Dial

You too can build a phone that feels good to use. Some soldering required.

March 18, 2020

To Beat COVID-19, Think Like a Fighter Pilot

How an aerial-combat theory can help fight the outbreak.

March 18, 2020

The Good and Bad News from a Coronavirus Pandemic Model

An alarming warning from experts before the real outbreak.

March 18, 2020

The Man Who Saw the Pandemic Coming

Will the world now wake up to the global threat of zoonotic diseases?

March 13, 2020

How Your Body Knows What Time It Is

Uncovering the molecules that keep our mind and body in a daily rhythm.

March 11, 2020

How to Make Sense of Quantum Physics

Superdeterminism, a long-abandoned idea, may help us overcome the current crisis in physics.

Melissa Franklin

Princeton University experimental particle physicist