Math tools send legislators back to the drawing board
On January 9, 2018, a trio of federal judges made history when they ruled that the boundaries of North Carolina’s…
Category: Features
How does climate change influence extreme weather?
Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area when it stalled over southeastern Texas in August 2017. In the weeks that followed,…
The long road to Mars
Something about going to Mars has captivated the space-curious for generations; from scientists who want to build the spaceships and…
Everything Worth Knowing About Virtual Reality
Forget reality: In virtual reality, you can be whomever and wherever you want. VR makes the unreal real, using computer…
Think Like a Hacker
One winter morning in 2015, as he left for work from his home in Silver Spring, Md., Jonathan Margulies pushed…
Resurrecting the Riverkeepers
Under cover of darkness, thieves dove into the inky waters of Tennessee's river sanctuaries and scooped up endangered washboard mussels…
Predicting the whirlwind
In more than 20 years as a meteorologist, Joshua Wurman had seen – and chased – more than 150…
Solving a math problem to create art
Optimization is the mathematical quest for the best way to do something, from finding the shortest distance between two places…
When your stuff spies on you
In October 2016, hackers hit a company called Dyn. Hackers are people who write computer programs that can break into…
Every breath we take
Back in Christmas 2013, the CineStar cinema in Mainz, Germany, became an impromptu, oversized laboratory. Over the course of 108…