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masonry-item--grid-two-col-featured"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="https://www.ias.edu/ideas?aff=111">Natural Sciences</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-large"><a href="/ideas/black-holes-laboratories" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large/public/BHLab_int_Web_2K_Optimized.jpg?itok=8TIDyL6i" width="768" height="354" alt="BHLab_int_Web_2K_Optimized" class="image-style-grid-large" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/black-holes-laboratories"> Black Holes as Laboratories </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">By <a href="/scholars/lia-medeiros" hreflang="en">Lia Medeiros</a></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>The unparalleled resolution of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) images of the black holes at the center of the M87 galaxy and at the center of our galaxy, called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), allows us to test assumptions, predictions, and alternatives to Einstein’s theory of gravity. </p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-two-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-two-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/ideas?aff=96">Historical Studies</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/using-gravity-find-grounding-medieval-studies" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/Sierra%20Square.png?itok=qeDH-HVd" width="768" height="768" alt="Sierra Lomuto" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/using-gravity-find-grounding-medieval-studies"> Using Gravity to Find Grounding in Medieval Studies </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors"></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p><a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/sierra-lomuto">Sierra Lomuto</a>, Member in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/hs">School of Historical Studies</a>, describes taking inspiration from <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/einstein">Albert Einstein</a>'s notion of spacetime as a way of thinking about a truly global history of the medieval period. </p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-one-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-one-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="https://www.ias.edu/ideas?aff=116">Social Science</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/dreaming-good-life" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/Kristen%20Ghodsee-170.jpg?itok=tDOMi3hf" width="768" height="483" alt="Kristen Ghodsee Everyday Utopia interview" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/dreaming-good-life"> Dreaming up the Good Life </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">An interview with <a href="/scholars/kristen-rogheh-ghodsee" hreflang="en">Kristen Rogheh Ghodsee</a></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>While some people were baking sourdough bread during the pandemic, <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/kristen-rogheh-ghodsee">Kristen Ghodsee</a>, Member (2006–07) in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/sss">School of Social Science</a>, studied utopian communities. In this interview, she discusses the resulting book, <em>Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life</em>, and her efforts to engage a non-academic audience through her writing and even TikTok!</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-one-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-one-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/ideas?aff=106">Mathematics</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/can-ai-teach-science" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/1_9.png?itok=s_uG5MQG" width="768" height="644" alt="Can AI Teach Science?" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/can-ai-teach-science"> Can AI Teach Science? </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors"></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>Motivated by the growing interest in using artificial intelligence for teaching purposes, IAS scholars from the Schools of <a href="https://www.ias.edu/math">Mathematics</a> and <a href="https://www.ias.edu/sns">Natural Sciences</a> have conducted an innovative study to assess the correctness and helpfulness of large language models in STEM education. Their research yielded surprising results, including highlighting the importance of training models on pedagogical conversations rather than textbooks.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-two-col-featured node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-two-col-featured"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="https://www.ias.edu/ideas?aff=106">Mathematics</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-large"><a href="/ideas/beads-bubbles" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large/public/From%20Beads%20to%20Bubbles_IsleniaMil_Final%20Ilustration_Main_1500px.jpg?itok=aiS9G6kQ" width="768" height="390" alt="From Beads to Bubbles_IsleniaMil_Final Ilustration_Main_1500px" class="image-style-grid-large" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/beads-bubbles"> From Beads to Bubbles </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">By <a href="/scholars/abbey-ellis" hreflang="en">Abbey Ellis</a></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>"Imagine that you are blowing a soap bubble using a simple wand. Why does the bubble that you create take the form of a sphere? Why not an ovoid? Or a cylindrical shape? Or something totally random?" Explore the minimization principles that govern such systems with geometric measure theorist <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/paul-minter">Paul Minter</a>, who serves as a Veblen Fellow in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/math">School of Mathematics</a>.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-two-col-featured node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-two-col-featured"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/videos">Video</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-large"><a href="/ideas/paths-math-karen-uhlenbeck" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large/public/KarenUhlenbeck_Thumbnail_2_00027.png?itok=w6guwdUq" width="768" height="432" alt="Karen Uhlenbeck P2M" class="image-style-grid-large" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/paths-math-karen-uhlenbeck"> Paths to Math: Karen Uhlenbeck </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors"></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>The “<a href="https://www.ias.edu/paths-to-math">Paths to Math</a>” series comes to a close with this special edition video, featuring one of our most beloved veteran mathematicians: Distinguished Visiting Professor <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/karen-uhlenbeck">Karen Uhlenbeck</a>. Watch to see Karen describe the introduction to calculus course that awakened her love for math and her spirited female colleagues in Chicago, who helped to dispel any lingering doubts about being a woman mathematician.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-one-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-one-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/ideas?aff=26716">Archives</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/rediscovering-one-institutes-first-women-color" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/Radha%20Idea.png?itok=kLbWEKF-" width="768" height="644" alt="Thayyoor K. Radha Institute for Advanced Study" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/rediscovering-one-institutes-first-women-color"> Rediscovering One of the Institute's First Women of Color </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">An interview with <a href="/scholars/thayyoor-k-radha" hreflang="en">Thayyoor K. Radha</a></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>In the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/tags/institute-letter-spring-2023">Spring 2023 edition</a> of <a href="https://www.ias.edu/publications/institute-letter"><em>The Institute Letter</em></a>, archivist Caitlin Rizzo <a href="https://www.ias.edu/news/losing-track-and-finding-traces-institutes-lesser-known-histories">outlined her research into Thayyoor K. Radha</a>, one of the earliest women of color at the Institute. <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/thayyoor-k-radha">Radha</a> joined IAS in 1965–66 as a Member, but her continued success was rendered virtually undiscoverable after her marriage saw her change her surname. After reading <em>The Institute Letter</em>, Radha’s daughter reached out to the Archive, allowing more elements of her story to be collected.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-one-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-one-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="https://www.ias.edu/ideas?aff=All">Idea</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/curriculum-woods" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/Woods%20Portrait.png?itok=CrSSa-wF" width="768" height="960" alt="Woods Portrait" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/curriculum-woods"> The Curriculum of the Woods </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">By Jonathan Allan</span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>Predicting thousands of years of forest growth with just an afternoon of fieldwork and a simple calculator might seem like an impossible task, but Jonathan Levine, Chair of Princeton’s Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, who runs annual classes in “Forest Succession” in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/about/campus-and-lands/institute-woods">Institute Woods</a>, enables his students to achieve precisely this.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-two-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-two-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/ideas?aff=116">Social Science</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/forging-closed-loop" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/Image1.jpg?itok=NrNF5co0" width="768" height="1065" alt="Iskander Cover" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/forging-closed-loop"> Forging a Closed Loop </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">By <a href="/scholars/natasha-iskander" hreflang="en">Natasha Iskander</a></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>Based on her firsthand experience of shadowing workers on construction sites in Qatar, <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/natasha-iskander">Natasha Iskander</a>, Member (2022–23) in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/sss">School of Social Science</a>, reveals how climate change and climate migration were exploited for profit at the 2022 World Cup. She highlights that climate change has a face, and that its consequences are made through specific economic and organizational practices.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-two-col-featured node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-two-col-featured"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/videos">Video</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-large"><a href="/ideas/scholar-spotlight-reflections-ias" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large/public/AMIAS%20thumbnail-min.png?itok=RYzPe6P5" width="768" height="432" alt="Spotlight Reflections" class="image-style-grid-large" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/scholar-spotlight-reflections-ias"> Scholar Spotlight: Reflections on IAS </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors"></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>In this <a href="https://www.ias.edu/idea-tags/scholar-spotlight">Scholar Spotlight </a>we feature three former scholars: <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/michael-g-hanchard">Michael Hanchard</a> (Social Science), <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/jo-nelson">Jo Nelson</a> (Mathematics), and <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/tracy-slatyer">Tracy Slatyer</a> (Natural Sciences). They explain how and why the environment at IAS nourishes independent thinkers and prompts scholars to ask questions that push the boundaries of knowledge.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-one-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-one-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/ideas?aff=116">Social Science</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/qa-lindsey-cameron" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/White%20Jacket%20Blue%20Shell%201.jpeg?itok=zHHfHOzD" width="768" height="512" alt="Lindsey Cameron Q&A SSS" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/qa-lindsey-cameron"> Meet a Hacker Turned Scholar: Q&A with Lindsey D. Cameron </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors"></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p><a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/lindsey-denise-cameron">Lindsey D. Cameron</a>, Member in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/sss">School of Social Science</a>, studies Uber. "Well, I don’t study strictly Uber per se," she says, "but it’s easier to digest than saying I study the rise of the platform economy and algorithmic management, and its implications on labor."</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-one-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-one-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/ideas?aff=111">Natural Sciences</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/well-doc-youre-freeman-dysons-journey-through-universe" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/Dyson_Extract.png?itok=ey_qa1sU" width="768" height="531" alt="Dyson Extract" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/well-doc-youre-freeman-dysons-journey-through-universe"> “Well, Doc, You’re In”: Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">A book by David Kaiser</span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>In this excerpt<em>, </em><a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/dyson">Freeman Dyson</a>, Faculty (1952–2020) in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/sns">School of Natural Sciences</a>, ascends the New Court clock tower at St. John’s College, Cambridge during a wartime blackout.</p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-two-col node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-two-col"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="/ideas?aff=All">Director's Office</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-small"><a href="/ideas/collaborating-co-production" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_small/public/CPR%20portrait.png?itok=NaYlw_cM" width="768" height="960" alt="CPR portrait" class="image-style-grid-small" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/collaborating-co-production"> Collaborating on Co-production </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">An interview with <a href="/scholars/katharina-heyden" hreflang="en">Katharina Heyden</a></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>Director's Visitor <a href="https://ias.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb0e62a61622f2e67d7e578a1&id=ef294dc11c&e=4618bc9c04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katharina Heyden</a> discusses her ongoing project with Director and Leon Levy Professor <a href="https://ias.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fb0e62a61622f2e67d7e578a1&id=51869cd692&e=4618bc9c04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Nirenberg</a>, which seeks to think collaboratively about the religions of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism using the concept of co-production as a methodology. </p></div></article><article class="node node--grid node--view-mode-grid-two-col-featured node--type-idea masonry-item masonry-item--grid-two-col-featured"><div class="node--grid__flag"><a href="https://www.ias.edu/ideas?aff=111">Natural Sciences</a></div><div class="node--grid__media"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-grid-large"><a href="/ideas/dynamics-translation" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large/public/Dynamics_Hamilton_Title.png?itok=9RMDWiE9" width="768" height="415" alt="Dynamics in Translation Chris Hamilton" class="image-style-grid-large" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><h2 class="node--grid__label"><a href="/ideas/dynamics-translation"> Dynamics in Translation </a></h2><div class="node--grid__detail"><div class="field field--name-field-ias-multi-author-byline"><span class="authors">By <a href="/scholars/chris-hamilton" hreflang="en">Chris Hamilton</a></span></div></div><div class="node--grid__content field-ias-teaser"><p>The work of plasma fusion physicists may seem completely divorced from the realm of theoretical astrophysics, but, as <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/chris-hamilton">Chris Hamilton</a>, John N. 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