Episodes

Science communication often attracts people with diverse interests, who thrive in multiple roles. Paul Sutter is no exception: he’s an […]

Video games are everywhere, but we don’t understand the fundamental components that generate human reactions such as suspense or surprise.

The field of high-performance computing currently faces dual challenges: important technical problems that require a skilled workforce and the need

Artificial intelligence is reshaping research to discover new materials for a range of important applications. In this episode, meet Anubhav Jain

Sometimes extraordinary circumstances like the pandemic offer researchers unexpected opportunities to help. Danilo Pérez, now a Ph.D. student in computational

Traditional career advice, inside and outside science, often urges people to specialize and become the best at one activity. But

At this nexus of physics, earth science, mathematics and computing, researchers are also racing against the clock—to accurately predict how

The exascale era in computing has arrived, and that brings up the question of what’s next. We’ll discuss a few

Although he’s always loved space, Gabriel Casabona pursued other fields, including medicine and religion, before landing in astrophysics. We discussed

In early December 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) had achieved fusion ignition—a reaction of merging