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Film Contest Gives Young Environmental Activists a Voice
Middle schoolers Annabelle VanderMarck and Piper Lasater won the Nautilus Science Prize in the Redford Center Stories film contest.
Mathematicians Answer Old Question About Odd Graphs
A pair of mathematicians solved a legendary question about the proportion of vertices in a graph with an odd number of connections.
In the Deep Sea, Incredible Animals Abound
It’s a golden age for finding new and mysterious forms of deep-sea life.
Science Isn’t Here for Your Mommy Shaming
When people sensationalize research, parents pay the price.
The English Professor Who Foresaw Modern Neuroscience
Science and the humanities weren’t separate cultures to this critic.
The Profound Potential of Elon Musk’s New Rocket
An aerospace engineer explains why SpaceX’s Starship will change everything.
The Country Gentleman of Physics
Julian Barbour’s ideas about time and the universe have always roamed free of academia.
How Mathematicians Use Homology to Make Sense of Topology
Originally devised as a rigorous means of counting holes, homology provides a scaffolding for mathematical ideas, allowing for a new way to analyze the shapes within data.
The Largest Cells on Earth
Deep in the ocean abyss, xenophyophores are worlds unto themselves.