What powers these electronics? We do!
Inspiration often comes from unusual sources. Nelson Sepúlveda knows this firsthand. He got his big idea for a new source…
Month: August 2018
Top Tips fom Tree Tops
The tallest known tree in the world is in Redwood National Park, a few hundred kilometres north of San Francisco, just…
The Swimmer
On a clear, sunny Tuesday afternoon, last August, Andreas Fath climbed out of a river in Paducah, Ky. A small…
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…
Recognizing AI’s potential
FOR MORE THAN a century, pathologists have identified cancer by looking at slides containing tissue stained with dyes to make the…
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,…
Math Art: Truth, Beauty, and Equations
I'm proud to announce that my book Math Art: Truth, Beauty, and Equations, will be published in April 2019 by Sterling. A…