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Sarah Lewin
Sarah Lewin
Sarah Lewin enjoys explaining things. She recently graduated from Brown University with an A.B. in mathematics. Her achievements, aside from winning a Pokemon tournament in second grade, center generally around explaining math and science with WGBH’s NOVA, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital’s Vector research blog as well as through assorted freelance work. Look her up at Sarah Explains.
Sarah Lewin • July 31, 2014
If you want people to conserve, you’re going to have to convince…me
Sarah Lewin • June 13, 2014
The Turing test doesn’t measure a computer’s intelligence, but it does say something about its usefulness — here’s how.
Sarah Lewin • April 25, 2014
Ernie Lewis uses MAGIC to help predict climate change
Sarah Lewin • April 17, 2014
MIT researchers’ feature tuning algorithm can make your profile photo more memorable
Sarah Lewin • February 26, 2014
How to find, characterize and understand planets from light years away
Sarah Lewin • February 21, 2014
What are we really seeing when we look at photos of planets and stars?
Sarah Lewin • January 19, 2014
'Walking trees' guard the shores of Florida and thrive in the salty water
Sarah Lewin • December 16, 2013
NASA has a long history of repurposing old missions that finished or went wrong and ending up with great science
Sarah Lewin • December 2, 2013
Scientists wonder what's in store as sun activity lingers at lowest in over a century
Sarah Lewin • November 27, 2013
Tiny ice ball meets giant fireball
Sarah Lewin • October 17, 2013
New twist on microscopic technique lets users feel the forces pressing in on particles