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Adam Frank
Astrophysicist
Adam Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a leading expert on the final stages of evolution for stars like the sun. Frank's computational research group at the University of Rochester has developed advanced supercomputer tools for studying how stars form and how they die. A self-described “evangelist of science," he is the author of four books and the co-founder of 13.8, where he explores the beauty and power of science in culture with physicist Marcelo Gleiser.
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Information may not seem like something physical, yet it has become a central concern for physicists. A wonderful new book explores the importance of the "dataome" for the physical, biological, and human worlds.
One single plot of data embodies the most profound thing we know about the stars.
If you truly want to understand modern astrophysics, knowing how to read this graph is essential.
We live in a world dominated by science, but most people don't understand its most essential characteristic: establishing standards of evidence to keep us from getting fooled by our own biases and opinions.
Reduction is an approach that has been successful in science but is not itself synonymous with "science."
Climate change and artificial intelligence pose substantial — and possibly existential — problems for humanity to solve. Can we?
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The 1998 hit is making a comeback. Stop what you're doing and watch the original.
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With the rise of Big Data, methods used to study the movement of stars or atoms can now reveal the movement of people. This could have important implications for cities.
Reductionism offers a narrow view of the Universe that fails to explain reality.
Sometimes, moral lessons can be learned from blowing away zombies.
Differences in the way that the Hubble constant—which measures the rate of cosmic expansion—are measured have profound implications for the future of cosmology.
Hunter-gatherers probably had more spare time than you.
75 years after Erwin Schrödinger's prescient description of something like DNA, we still don't know the "laws of life."
Spirituality can be an uncomfortable word for atheists. But does it deserve the antagonism that it gets?
Even diehard fans are experiencing superhero exhaustion. But it's not impossible to do something original.