Articles

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

Center for Computational Biology

September 17, 2018

Particles Surf Their Own Waves, Reveal How Microbes and Cells Move Through Human Body By Thomas Sumner

A ball falling through goopy liquid will generate a wave in a nearby flexible rubber sheet

Science, Society & Culture

August 24, 2018

“The Most Unknown” Available on Netflix, Youtube [Updated]

Fields Medal & IMU Awards

August 09, 2018

A Fighter for Math’s Next Generation By Philip Yam

Ali Nesin talking at the Mathematical Village