Sharon Glotzer explains how emergence, entropy and order can all fit together.
Sharon Glotzer explains how emergence, entropy and order can all fit together.
2017x6 John Novembre: A Map of Human History, Hidden in DNA Episode overview
Air date
Apr 20, 2017
John Novembre explains how he uses genomic data to map human history.
John Novembre explains how he uses genomic data to map human history.
2017x7 Tim Maudlin: A Defense of the Reality of Time Episode overview
Air date
May 19, 2017
A Defense of the Reality of Time
A Defense of the Reality of Time
2017x8 Journey to the Birth of the Solar System 360 VR Episode overview
Air date
May 25, 2017
Join David Kaplan on a virtual-reality tour showing how the sun, the Earth and the other planets came to be.
Join David Kaplan on a virtual-reality tour showing how the sun, the Earth and the other planets came to be.
2017x9 Purvesh Khatri: More Data — the Dirtier the Better Episode overview
Air date
Jun 07, 2017
Khatri learned that by working with 'messy' clinical data sets, he could find genes that the human body expresses in response to diverse forms of a disease.
Khatri learned that by working with 'messy' clinical data sets, he could find genes that the human body expresses in response to diverse forms of a disease.
2017x10 Jessica Flack: How Nature Solves Problems Through Computation Episode overview
Air date
Jul 10, 2017
Jessica Flack describes the special challenges of applying collective computation to the understanding of complex biological systems.
Jessica Flack describes the special challenges of applying collective computation to the understanding of complex biological systems.
2017x11 Jay Pasachoff: Eclipse Hunter Reveals the Science That Can Only Be Done in the Dark Episode overview
Air date
Aug 10, 2017
Jay Pasachoff explains what scientists can learn during a total solar eclipse.
Jay Pasachoff explains what scientists can learn during a total solar eclipse.
2017x12 How Andrea Ghez Found a Supermassive Black Hole Episode overview
Air date
Aug 21, 2017
The UCLA astrophysicist explains how tracking the movement of stars revealed the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
The UCLA astrophysicist explains how tracking the movement of stars revealed the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
