All Stories by Stephen Ornes
- Math
Here’s why mathematicians are so interested in cake cutting
The question of how to fairly divide resources attracts game theorists, computer scientists, economists, legal experts and more.
- Agriculture
Cold plasma could transform the sustainable farms of the future
Physicists have been working on ways to use the power of plasma to boost plant growth and kill pathogens.
- Ecosystems
To save Appalachia’s endangered mussels, scientists hatched a bold plan
Biologists have just begun to learn whether their bold plan worked to save the golden riffleshell, a freshwater mussel teetering on the brink of extinction.
