Futurum

JUNE 30, 2022

Across Peru, thousands of people do not have access to clean water or efficient transport links. He is investigating the connection between poor transport links and social inequality, and bringing sanitation to a remote community in the Andes. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY?

Engineering 98

Engineering Transportation Geography Accessibility 98

The Maker Mom

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Education and outreach to girls starting in primary school have increased, as well as the number of women who receive degrees in STEM-related fields. For instance, in the social sciences, women hold an impressive 64% share of the workforce. The gaps that have formed over decades could take just as long to close.

STEM 52

STEM Education Education Equality 52

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

Already the steam-engine works our mines, impels our ships, excavates our ports and our rivers, forges iron, fashions wood, grinds grain, spins and weaves our cloths, transports the heaviest burdens, etc. He introduced the Boltzmann Transport Equation which allows one to compute at least certain non-equilibrium properties of gases.

Energy 88

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Ed was a serious (and, by all reports, exceptionally good) pilot—with an airplane transport pilot license (plus seaplane and glider licenses). Gliders are usually transported with their wings removed, with the wings attached in order to fly. Ed also had gliders, and competed in gliding competitions.

Computer 67

Computer Physics Science Sciences 67