Although not a mathematician myself, one of the things I find endlessly fascinating about math is the way one can take a seemingly impossible problem and translate it or express it in another context, and all of a sudden that hard problem can become easy.
Science Corner: A Shot in the Priority Order
One topic at the intersection of COVID-19 updates and concern for racial justice is the distribution of vaccines.
Science Corner: Raising Nemo
I know I’m a little late for Father’s Day, but I thought you might be interested in this article about parenting among bony fishes. It’s a summary of this paper from last October, exploring the evolution of father-only care, a parenting style much more common underwater than it is here on land. The reality of […]
Science Corner: Listening to Other Voices
In the present moment, it seems like the most useful thing I can do is help make sure that other voices are heard, those with more personal stake in the matters of justice we are confronting.
Science Corner: A Flock of Sea Scrolls
Before they were one of the most famous archaeological discoveries (and narratives), the Dead Sea Scrolls were so many unsuspecting sheep, goats, and cows.