One million hours. That's how long it took to run the calculations for a ground-breaking mathematics discovery. And that wasn't some lone genius typing numbers into his graphing calculator for a million hours: it was a worldwide computer network running calculations for a … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: Hidden Figures
When most people think about going to space, they think about astronauts. That makes sense, given that astronauts are the ones who go to space. But before they can float in the great nothingness or walk on the moon, there is a huge team of people who have extremely difficult work … [Read more...]
What Is Life in Space Like?
In a recent article in the New York Times, US Navy fighter pilots reported unidentified flying objects off the east coast. They even captured them on video. It’s fascinating to contemplate whether these reported UFOs were an advanced alien species from across the galaxy coming to … [Read more...]
YouTube at the Crossroads
YouTube is a place where anyone in the world with an Internet connection can access a seemingly endless stream of video content. Missed last night’s game? Catch the highlights in seconds. Love cats? Behold a montage of felines knocking things off tables again and again. But … [Read more...]
A View on Self-Driving Cars
Varun Mukund, a seventh grader from Texas, submitted this essay in response to our November Your Turn prompt. Coming in the not-so-distant future are self-driving cars that might as well just take over the entire sector of transportation that we know as the automotive … [Read more...]
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