Year in Review

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2024 Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology

We look back at three of the biggest biology stories of 2024: a reconstruction of the ancient ancestor of all modern life, the discovery of a neural circuit that regulates the immune system, and artificial intelligence’s transformation of protein science.


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Albert Einstein, Holograms and Quantum Gravity

November 14, 2018

How does gravity work in the quantum regime? A holographic duality from string theory offers a powerful tool for unraveling the mystery.

Valeria Pettorino on Learning About Dark Energy With the Euclid Satellite

November 13, 2018

Valeria Pettorino discusses the prospects of learning about dark energy with the Euclid satellite.

Mario Jurić on How Astronomy Is Changing

October 24, 2018

Mario Jurić explains how the nature of what it means to be an astronomer is changing.

Renee Reijo Pera on the Importance of Timing in Embryo Development

October 15, 2018

Stem cell researcher Renee Reijo Pera of Montana State University explains how the timing of developmental events in the early embryo can subtly affect health many years later.

Tomas Bohr on Performing the Double-Slit Experiment with Bouncing Droplets

October 8, 2018

Tomas Bohr explains the significance of the double-slit experiment in exposing the weirdness of the quantum world.

Rosaly Lopes on Volcanoes Throughout the Solar System

August 28, 2018

Rosaly Lopes explains why it’s worth exploring the huge variety of volcanoes on other worlds.

What Is Universality?

August 22, 2018

Scientists have discovered a mysterious pattern that somehow connects a bus system in Mexico and chicken eyes to quantum physics and number theory.

Akshay Venkatesh: A Number Theorist Who Bridges Math and Time

August 1, 2018

Akshay Venkatesh on his mathematical working style, which took him many years to discover.

Constantinos Daskalakis: A Poet of Computation Who Uncovers Distant Truths

August 1, 2018

Constantinos Daskalakis on why he studies the interface between theoretical computer science and human behavior.