Baez called for the development of new mathematics — he called it “green” math — to better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate. For his part, he sought to apply category theory, a ...

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.

All The Empty Rooms is a short documentary that explores the empty rooms of school shooting victims. The film, which is streaming on Netflix, follows the journey of CBS correspondent Steve Hartman and ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than one billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease ...

A teacher at an elite high school in San Francisco has been placed on indefinite leave after allegations of sexist and ...

For years, the Prairie Pothole Region has bothered me in a very specific way. On a map, it looks like a normal landscape: ...