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Robert Rosner and Paul Wilson on Oppenheimer
The world, and the US in particular, have a complicated history with nuclear fission. Splitting atoms led to both the development of nuclear energy...
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Kevin Grazier on Orbital Dynamics in Foundation
If you’ve seen the first season of Apple TV’s Foundation, you probably noticed how heavily the show relies on ideas based in mathematics and...
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Summer Hiatus
We're taking a short break to prepare for our next series of episodes, looking at mathematics and statistics in Hollywood. So stay tuned! Find...
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Dan Cooley on the Colorado Fire Season
Predicting weather is already a difficult statistical challenge, but it becomes even more complex when trying to predict rare weather events. Dan Cooley, a...
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Angel Hsu on Urbanization and Climate Change
Researchers become interested in their fields through all sorts of unique paths. Today’s guest, Angel Hsu of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, came...
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Matt Huber on Modeling Paleoclimates
Today we speak with a non-mathematician who uses mathematical tools to understand our planet’s past climates and what they might be able to tell...