Steve Nadis

Contributing Writer

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An Explorer of Abyssal Depths Looks to Oceans on Other Worlds

June 7, 2023

The marine geochemist Chris German brings decades of experience studying seafloor hydrothermal vents to NASA’s preparations for visits to other ocean worlds in our solar system.

Some Neural Networks Learn Language Like Humans

May 22, 2023

Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.

Researchers Discover a More Flexible Approach to Machine Learning

February 7, 2023

“Liquid” neural nets, based on a worm’s nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability.

Mathematicians Find an Infinity of Possible Black Hole Shapes

January 24, 2023

In three-dimensional space, the surface of a black hole must be a sphere. But a new result shows that in higher dimensions, an infinite number of configurations are possible.

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The Computer Scientist Who’s Boosting Privacy on the Internet

October 18, 2022

Harry Halpin wants our internet conversations to be more private. He’s helped create a new kind of network that might make it possible.

At Long Last, Mathematical Proof That Black Holes Are Stable

August 4, 2022

The solutions to Einstein’s equations that describe a spinning black hole won’t blow up, even when poked or prodded.

Mass and Angular Momentum, Left Ambiguous by Einstein, Get Defined

July 13, 2022

Surprising as it may sound, 107 years after the introduction of general relativity, the meanings of basic concepts are still being worked out.

An Ancient Geometry Problem Falls to New Mathematical Techniques

February 8, 2022

Three mathematicians show, for the first time, how to form a square with the same area as a circle by cutting them into interchangeable pieces that can be visualized.

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The Mathematician Who Delights in Building Bridges

November 17, 2021

Ana Caraiani seeks to unify mathematics through her work on the ambitious Langlands program.

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