A traveller puts his head under the edge of the firmament in the original (1888) printing of the Flammarion wood engraving. April 30, 2024 Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy Henk Hoekstra, Leiden University Back when Henk Hoekstra started his PhD, atmosphere turbulence and optical imperfections prevented us from accurately observing dark matter. He tells us why Euclid is a game changer.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA January 8, 2024 Dark energy is one of the biggest puzzles in science and we’re now a step closer to understanding it Robert Nichol, University of Surrey The nature of dark energy remains one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.
While scissors congruence accurately captures the modern algebraic notion of 2D area, things get more complicated in higher dimensions. Maxine Calle August 9, 2023 A brief illustrated guide to ‘scissors congruence’ − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical research Maxine Calle, University of Pennsylvania and Mona Merling, University of Pennsylvania This is a story about geometry, algebra and many different dimensions, best read with construction paper, scissors and tape on hand.