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- 1 1. The Riemann Hypothesis, Explained2021-01-04The Riemann hypothesis is the most notorious unsolved problem in all of mathematics. Ever since it was first proposed by Bernhard Riemann in 1859, the conjecture has maintained the
- 2 2. What Makes Physics Beautiful, According to a Nobel Prize Winner2021-01-12In this new video, Wilczek reflects on his life's work and describes what he believes to be the most beautiful equations in physics.
- 3 3. Meet One of NASA's Pioneering Women2021-01-19In 1967, Christine Darden was added to the pool of "human computers" who wrote complex programs and tediously crunched numbers for engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center. But
- 4 4. How Cosmic Dust Reveals the Secrets of the Universe2022-02-04Every year, roughly 10 particles of space dust land on each square meter of Earth’s surface. Matthew Genge, a planetary scientist at Imperial College London, specializes in these a
- 5 5. Why COVID-19 Models Are Often Wrong2021-02-12To understand what epidemiological models can tell us, it helps to first understand what they can’t. In this explainer, we break down how epidemiological models are built and dispe
- 6 6. This U.S. Olympiad Coach Has a Unique Approach to Math2022-02-18Po-Shen Loh believes math education needs an overhaul. And he knows a thing or two about it—he's resurrected the United States International Mathematical Olympiad team, leading it
- 7 7. Why Extraterrestrial Life Might Not Be So Alien2021-03-18On the website for the department of zoology of the University of Cambridge, the page for Arik Kershenbaum lists his three main areas of research, one of which stands out from the
- 8 8. Fighting for Equality in Computer Science and Beyond2021-04-01Rediet Abebe uses the tools of theoretical computer science to understand pressing social problems — and try to fix them. Read more at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.o
- 9 9. Iceland Is Mars, on Earth2021-04-06Volcanoes are intimately connected with life. Scientists are using the current eruptions in Iceland to understand the possible history of life on Mars. Read the full article at Qua
- 10 10. Plate Tectonics: The Mystery of Earth's Many Faces2021-04-14Plate tectonics is the narrative arc that ties every episode in Earth’s geologic history together. Thanks to the magnetic compasses hidden in volcanic rocks, scientists know where
- 11 11. The Theory That Could Rewrite the Laws of Physics2021-04-29Chiara Marletto is trying to build a master theory — a set of ideas so fundamental that all other theories would spring from it. Her first step: Invoke the impossible. Read more ab
- 12 12. Black Hole Jets: One of the Biggest Mysteries in the Universe2021-05-20At the heart of every galaxy lies one of the most mysterious objects in the universe: a supermassive black hole. Millions to billions of times the mass of our sun, these giants pow
- 13 13. Quantum Computers, Explained With Quantum Physics2021-06-08Quantum computers aren’t the next generation of supercomputers—they’re something else entirely. Before we can even begin to talk about their potential applications, we need to unde
- 14 14. What’s Inside an Exoplanet2021-06-15Out in the vast universe, unknown billions of strange worlds drift around other stars. Many of them are quite unlike anything in our solar system. While astronomers hope to use imm
- 15 15. The Bridge Between Math and Quantum Field Theory2021-06-24Even in an incomplete state, quantum field theory is the most successful physical theory ever discovered. Nathan Seiberg, one of its leading architects, reveals where math and QFT
- 16 16. The Most Successful Scientific Theory Ever: The Standard Model2021-07-16The Standard Model of particle physics is the most successful scientific theory of all time. It describes how everything in the universe is made of 12 different types of matter par
- 17 17. How to Build Truly Intelligent AI2021-08-04Melanie Mitchell, the Davis professor of complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, has worked on digital minds for decades. She says AI will never truly be "intelligent" until it can d
- 18 18. How Scientists Finally Finished the Human Genome2021-09-08In 2003, the Human Genome Project announced that it had successfully sequenced the entire human genome. That wasn’t quite true. Nearly 10% of human DNA was still missing from the
- 19 19. The Scientific Problem of Consciousness2021-09-30Anil Seth wants to understand how minds work. As a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex in England, Seth has seen firsthand how neurons do what they do — but he knows that th
- 20 20. Exoplanets: The Astronomer Looking into Alien Worlds2021-10-13We know next to nothing about the other 6 billion or so Earth-like exoplanets in the galaxy. With the imminent launch of the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built, Laur
- 21 21. When Biology Meets Computer Science2021-11-02Anne Carpenter, a computational biologist and senior director of the Imaging Platform of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, brings the power of machine learning to researchers
- 22 22. How NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Transform Our Place in the Universe2021-12-03NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope in the history of humanity, and one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever attempted. It will witness the
- 23 23. 2021's Breakthroughs in Neuroscience and Other Biology2021-12-21A paradigm shift in how we think about the functions of the human brain. A long-awaited genetic sequence of Rafflesia arnoldii, the strangest flower in the world. A revelation in s
- 24 24. 2021's Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics2021-12-22It was a big year. Fermilab discovered possible evidence of new physics with the muon G-2 experiment. Physicists created a time crystal, a new phase of matter that appears to viola
- 25 25. 2021's Biggest Breakthroughs in Math and Computer Science2021-12-23It was a big year. Researchers found a way to idealize deep neural networks using kernel machines—an important step toward opening these black boxes. There were major developments
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