The Young Physicist Creating Matter From Light
University of Chicago physicist Jonathan Simon has built a material out of light, bringing us closer to quantum computing.
View ArticleDoctors Swear to 'Do No Harm.' Why Don’t Data Scientists?
Data science is a valuable field, but one that carries great risk.
View ArticleCould She Develop a Breakthrough Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis?
This scientist's nanotechnology may have an edge over current treatments for a disease affecting millions of people.
View ArticleCould This Quantum Physicist Revolutionize Power Grids?
Suchitra Sebastian investigates how superconductor technology could be applied in the real world.
View ArticleCan This Biochemist Bypass Organ Donors?
Zimbabwean Kevin Dzobo is leading research to develop a stem cell patch that could heal injured tissue.
View ArticleThe Dark Matter Sleuth: Can She Solve the Greatest Mystery in Physics?
MIT theoretical physicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for an answer to the age-old question: What is our universe made of?
View ArticleHow a Japanese Chemist Sparked a Whiskey Empire
Japanese drams might be recent arrivals to the Western drinking scene, but the country has been distilling whiskey for nearly a century.
View ArticleA Billboard That Acts Like 1,200 Trees
Lima is Latin America's most polluted city, but a local engineering school is out to change that with some pie-in-the-sky thinking.
View ArticleWhat Is It Like for Blind People to Dream?
For most people, dreams are intensely visual. But what about for those who can't see?
View ArticleA New Link Between Nutrition and Mental Health?
A growing body of evidence suggests that how we feel has much to do with what we eat.
View ArticleDesigning a Better Death
Architect Alison Killing's big idea? Making the places where we spend our last hours places we don't want to leave.
View ArticleLate Kids, Long Life?
A recent Boston University School of Medicine study found that women who are able to have children later in life have a higher chance of living to extreme old age.
View ArticleArcheology Goes Urban
Archaeology isn't just about dinosaur bones. The most exciting frontier may be hidden beneath pavement.
View ArticleClassrooms of the Future
Personalized learning is an emerging tidal wave, according to venture capitalist Michael Moe.
View ArticleAre More Women Entering the Sciences?
The number of female researchers is rising in this country. Feminist headway or trick of the data?
View ArticleSpace as the Next Frontier: PredicTED by OZY
The second installment of an ongoing video series by OZY and TED.
View ArticleWhere Dolphins Are a Fisherman's Best Friend
In Laguna, Brazil, this beloved sea creature and his slippery friends help out a group of local workers.
View ArticleTurning Manure Into Gold: The Fecal Economy
Fecal transplants and drinking water distilled from septic tanks - make way for the new poo-conomy.
View ArticleThe Scientist Whose Career Started with a Whale Pelvis
Matthew Dean studies promiscuous lady-mice and the genitalia of whales. And his work is anything but fringe.
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