Category: Features 2018

From Math to Meaning. Artificial intelligence blends algorithms and applications

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By Kevin McElwee Artificial intelligence is already a part of everyday life. It helps us answer questions like “Is this email spam?” It identifies friends in online photographs, selects news stories based on our politics Continue Reading →

Nature’s Nation. How American art shaped our environmental perspectives

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By Catherine Zandonella When landscape artist Thomas Cole visited New Hampshire’s White Mountains in the summer of 1839, he sketched the telling signs of deforestation and human encroachment on a once pristine wilderness. But his Continue Reading →

Beyond Einstein: Physicists find surprising connections in the cosmos

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By Catherine Zandonella Albert Einstein’s desk can still be found on the second floor of Princeton’s physics department. Positioned in front of a floor-to-ceiling blackboard covered with equations, the desk seems to embody the spirit Continue Reading →