Just announced winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, discovered how the sensations of temperature and touch are encoded at a molecular level. Blending physics and …
Biomedical and forensic anthropologist Angelique Corthals travels the world uncovering 3,000 year old fossils and more in her exciting job to unearth mysteries of mummies. Episode filmed live at the …
Today, cryptography has moved beyond the realm of dilettantes and soldiers to become a sophisticated scientific art—combining mathematics, physics, computer science, and electrical engineering. It not only protects messages, but it also safeguards our privacy. From email to banking transactions, modern cryptography is used everywhere.
Are there limits to the human lifespan? Is it possible to stop the process of aging? On average, humans now live far longer than at any point in our history …
Archaeologists Hannah Morris and Becca Peixotto tell the story of their efforts to uncover remains of a new species of human relatives that are over 200,000 years old in South …
#YourDailyEquation with Brian Greene offers brief and breezy discussions of the most pivotal equations of the ages. Even if your math is a bit rusty, these accessible and exciting stories …