Briefs Coronavirus by the numbers Prof. Ron Milo and his colleagues have curated a collection of the key biological properties currently known about the coronavirus that can be measured in numerical terms. Date: April 12, 2020
Video Modern math for ancient ancestry Dr. Filipe Natalio uses AI to distinguish tools used by Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens, unearthing insights about whether the two Eurasian species inhabited the same place at the same time. Date: April 16, 2019
Students Big data, big dreams PhD student Chen Attias is currently developing algorithms to analyze massive and complex datasets—otherwise known as ‘big data.’ Date: March 13, 2018