Resisting the Spread of Disease
Mac Hyman talks about H1N1, the swine flu, "the first major pandemic of the century." Hear More...
Analyzing Data
Robert Ghrist explains how topology helps make sense of large data sets. Hear More...
Predicting Climate
Juan Meza talks about the many ways math is used to understand climate change. Hear More...
Matching Vital Needs
Sommer Gentry explains how math can increase the number of living-donor kidney transplants and save lives. Hear More...
Pulling Out (from) All the Stops
Hear Chris Solarz and Matt Ferrisi describe how they used graph theory to visit every New York subway stop in record time. Hear More...
Working It Out
A math professor solves a mystery about the opening chord of the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night." Hear More...
Improving Stents
Math improves the design and materials used for stents. Hear More...
Restoring Genius
Uncovering and discovering lost works of Archimedes. Hear More...
Steering Towards Efficiency
Math helps NASCAR vehicles, and yours, run effectively. Hear More...
Getting It Together
Analyzing collective motion in animals. Hear More...
Hearing a Master’s Voice
The spools of wire above contain the only known live recording of the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie. Hear More...
Going with the Floes
A branch of mathematics called percolation theory helps explain how salt water travels through sea ice. Hear More...
Bending It Like Bernoulli
Hear how computational fluid dynamics is used to analyze soccer kicks. Hear More...
Predicting Storm Surge
Storm surge is often the most devastating part of a hurricane. Hear More...
Targeting Tumors
Geometry, partial differential equations, and integer linear programming all allow doctors to inflict maximum damage to tumors. Hear More...
Pinpointing Style
Mathematics is not just numbers and brute force calculation — there is considerable art and elegance to the subject. Hear More...
Finding Fake Photos
Actually, they weren’t caught together at all — their images were put together with software. Hear More...
Making movies come alive
Many movie animation techniques are based on mathematics. Hear More...
Making Votes Count
The outcome of elections is often determined more by the voting procedure than by the votes themselves. Hear More...
Folding for Fun and Function
Origami paper folding may not seem like a subject for mathematical investigation or one with sophisticated applications. Hear More...
Unearthing Power Lines
Votes are cast by the full membership in each house of Congress, but much of the important maneuvering occurs in committees. Hear More...
Putting Music on the Map
A recent mathematical breakthrough uses topology to represent musical chords as points in a space called an orbifold. Hear More...
Tripping the Light - Fantastic!
Invisibility is no longer confined to fiction. Hear More...
