Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. But what is it, why is it so hard to solve and is the sci-fi series of the same name really possible ...

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Mengestu is an Ethiopian American novelist, and is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow. He is recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Prize, Guardian First ...

Part of the problem is the assumption that knowing what good communication looks like is the same as doing it. It’s not. We might recognize poor communication in others, like an unclear email, a ...

Listening to “I’m the Problem” all the way through — no small task, with its 37 songs clocking in at 1 hour and 57 minutes — what’s most remarkable is how little interest Wallen has in actually ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. Let’s talk about AI ...