Articles

October 12, 2018

Summer Think Program Fosters New Ways to Teach Math and Science

Master Teacher Jeffrey Horenstein discusses his group’s paper craft design during a ‘deep dive’ session facilitated by fellow Master Teacher Vielca Anglin

October 10, 2018

Flatiron Institute Hosts National Science Foundation Workshop on the Plasma Physics of Neutron Star Mergers By Thomas Sumner

Astrophysicists Yuri Levin and Eliot Quataert lead a discussion during a meeting on the plasma physics of neutron star mergers

October 08, 2018

SFN 2018 Presentations by SCGB Investigators and Collaborators

October 08, 2018

Singing Mice Hint at How Sensory Input Turns Into Behavior By John Pavlus

Up close image of mouse on dirt in front of greenery

October 01, 2018

Flatiron Institute Launches Center for Computational Mathematics

Building corner with blue tint over image. The letters FI in white are on top of the picture

October 01, 2018

Rediscovering Emotion in the Brain

Octopus adjusts its fear behavior depending on the intensity of a threat

Center for Computational Astrophysics

September 26, 2018

Elusive Origin of Stellar Geysers Revealed by 3-D Simulations By Thomas Sumner

A snapshot from a simulation of the churning gas that blankets a star 80 times the sun’s mass

Science, Society & Culture

September 24, 2018

The Changing Face of Science Museums

The Exploratorium installed this public interactive exhibit in San Francisco, called ‘Whispering Dishes.’ A pair of curved concrete dishes (just one is shown) focuses sound so that two people around 15 meters apart can hear one another whispering, even over the din of a busy street