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Silhouette of a human figure made up of colorful dots with a cloud-like mist behind it, set against a dark background.
13mins
Everything ever seen — every star, mountain, and face — makes up less than 5 percent of the universe. Astrophysicist Janna Levin reminds us that the rest — dark matter and dark energy — is invisible, mysterious, and everywhere. We are the luminous exception in a universe of darkness.
supermassive black holes
Such massive, early supermassive black holes have puzzled astronomers for decades. At last, we've finally figured out how they form.
A split image shows a person typing on a laptop on the left and gridlocked cars on the right, set against connected nodes and letters—a visual nod to Jack Nilles, pioneer of telecommuting.
Decades before COVID imposed remote work on the world, Jack Nilles pioneered WFH and championed its many benefits.
A telescope beneath a colorful, abstract visualization of the universe, with a starry night sky in the background.
Every observation out into deep space is also a look back in time.
A woman with straight hair and bangs, wearing a dark top and necklace, poses against a light purple background with abstract squiggly lines and a white rectangular frame, reminiscent of an rf kuang book cover.
Kuang discusses the rituals, routines, and words of advice that have helped her write six best-selling novels in one decade.
One side of the Moon always faces us: the near side. The "dark side" of the Moon began as a mere metaphor, but today, science can weigh in.
A man sits on a chair in front of a wall featuring abstract black silhouettes of two opposing heads and interconnected lines between them.
57mins
“What's really interesting about neural networks is the way that they think or the way that they operate is a lot like human intuition”