Features

Has Polling Lost Its Reputation?

A Q&A with PORES Director John Lapinski

Liftoff (Video)

Physicist Mark Devlin and his team of students harness cutting-edge technology to comb through the evolutionary history of the universe.

Researchers Shatter Our Idea of Glass

Over three millennia ago, perhaps inspired by the aftermath of volcanic eruptions, humans first began to liquefy sand in an inferno, sculpt it into a vessel, and cool it into glass. All these years later, glass remains somewhat mysterious. Hovering between states, glass may appear to be solid, but the science behind glass reveals it is anything but.

The Data Oracle

Richard Berk uses big data to foresee the future.

When Should We Expect the Robot Army?

Arts and Sciences faculty on the fact, fiction, and future of artificial intelligence.

Mapping the Divine Comedy

A digital humanities study in Dante's geographical imagination.