Acknowledging the scientists who blazed intellectual trails before him, Isaac Newton wrote, “If I have seen a little further it was by standing on the shoulders of giants.” In this special annual series, we invite our audience to stand on the shoulders of a modern-day giant. This year, we are honored to present an address by a titan of physics, Barry Barish.

New Orleans native Lisa P. Jackson is administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She is the first African-American to serve the post. She started her career working for the …

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Fire tornadoes and color changing liquids are all part of what keeps Annopa Singh’s chemistry class engaged. Science teachers prepare tomorrow’s pioneering scientists. Episode filmed live at the 2017 World …

Immanuel Kant, who coined the term genius in the 1700s, defined it as the rare capacity to independently understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person. Since then, the spectrum of abilities that we call genius has widened, but pivotal questions remain: What exactly is genius?

Roboticist Chad Jenkins’s career started with the Atari 2600 video game, and after tinkering with other games, he began a new career creating robots that can sense, plan, and act …