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Stephen Hawking: By the Numbers

The world's most famous living physicist recently published his memoirs, and we've got his number(s).

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The Gangsta Physicist

Astrophysicist, educator, humanitarian and media personality Hakeem Oluseyi didn't let doubt or circumstance get in the way of his passion for physics.

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Shohini Ghose

Sexism nearly made Shohini Ghose abandon her dream of becoming a physicist. But now she's conducting cutting-edge research - and preventing other budding women scientists from slipping through the cracks.

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The Physicist Behind "The Big Bang Theory's" Nerd Cred

Sheldon Cooper's crazy, jargon-laden lines? That's all thanks to physicist David Saltzberg.

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Dr. Alex Filippenko's Five Fascinating Astrophysical Insights

From cosmic twins to the limitlessness of the unknown, astrophysicist Dr. Alex Filippenko knows how to blow your mind with intriguing insights that make science fun.

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Bend It Like (Jeff) Beck

Bringing physics to the stage, an Oxford postdoc explains why some guitar gods sound so original.

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Hitler's Physicists and the Bomb

German scientists started their first nuclear experiment as early as 1940. Yet their sheer hubris is partly what lost them the race against the United States.

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The New Superpower in Physics

As India becomes a physics superpower, critics say it should focus on reducing poverty instead. Should it be a case of either-or?

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The Man Who May One-Up Darwin

A young MIT physicist may be close to figuring out the scientific origins of life. And he thinks God had a hand in it all.

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Keisuke Goda: The Man Who Takes Selfies Of Atoms

Engineer Keisuke Goda has built the world's fastest camera. It can see cancer cells that are about to spread.

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The Science Nerd Turned Big-Think VC

Investor Josh Wolfe is looking for his money to build more than the next killer app.

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Space as the Next Frontier: PredicTED by OZY

The second installment of an ongoing video series by OZY and TED.

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This Millennial Might Be the New Einstein

A 22-year-old Ph.D. candidate wants to understand the way quantum gravity works. And Jeff Bezos wants to hire her.

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John Dabiri: Unleashing the Power of the Jellyfish

Apparently, these sea creatures hold the secrets to life. That's what one "Genius" scientist says, anyway.

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Scott Walter: Like Einstein, Just Crazier and Smarter

Scott Walter, a professor of epistemology at the University of Nantes and an American expat, is here to tell you that you really know nothing about reality.

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Exploding Killer Lakes

The natural disaster that killed nearly 2,000 people at once.

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Powering French Homes With Cheese

Albertville is the name. Turning cheesy waste into electricity in the French Alps is the game.

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The Nuclear Reactor You Can Dance In

How Stockholm's first nuclear facility became a place for the arts. And an occasional conference.

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Mining for Metals in the Sky

Mansi Kasliwal chases cosmic flashes from explosions, offering a glimpse into the origins of the universe, and ourselves.

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The Millennial Astrophysicist Who Found a Planet With Math

This 30-year-old rock-star physicist is now combing the night sky to confirm his predictions of "Planet Nine."

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The Secret History of Paris Is Right Under Your Feet

How public art commemorates its history at a seat of knowledge.

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This 25-Year-Old Moroccan Helped in NASA's Craziest Ever Planet Discovery

Khalid Barkaoui provided crucial data analysis that led to NASA's recent discovery of potentially life-sustaining exoplanets.

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Can This Quantum-Computing Genius Beat Out IBM and Google?

The Best Rising Stars of 2017: Chad Rigetti has plans to develop cures for cancer and to fight climate change.

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The French Expedition That Shaped the Earth

18th-century scientists on tour: Everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

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The 28-Year-Old Physicist Looking to Revamp India’s Education System

After a breakthrough discovery that proved Einstein was right, Karan Jani wants to revolutionize how science is taught in India.

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The Young Physicist Creating Matter From Light

University of Chicago physicist Jonathan Simon has built a material out of light, bringing us closer to quantum computing.

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Could This Young Physicist Finally Crack the Code to Nuclear Fusion?

A Princeton physicist is researching a technique that could bring us an infinite supply of clean energy.

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Could This Quantum Physicist Revolutionize Power Grids?

Suchitra Sebastian investigates how superconductor technology could be applied in the real world.

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The Dark Matter Sleuth: Can She Solve the Greatest Mystery in Physics?

MIT theoretical physicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for an answer to the age-old question: What is our universe made of?

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Get Ready — Quantum Computing Is Finally Here

Microsoft and Google prepare for big leaps in quantum computing in the coming weeks.

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OZY's New Podcast: From Ph.D. in Physics to Professional Pole Dancer

It's one thing to dream about following your muse. It's something else entirely to dump Microsoft for an uncertain life wearing pasties on a pole.

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