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Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building
Alum spotlight
The science of falling in love
Published Feb 13, 2025
A spark of algorithmic alchemy brought together Hopkins alum Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans, who met and married thanks to Netflix's reality series 'Love is Blind'
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, wearing a blue shirt and black athletic pants, performs a deadlift exercise using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) aboard the International Space Station. The aRED machine, equipped with metal bars and vacuum cylinders, provides resistance training to help astronauts maintain muscle and bone strength in microgravity. The surrounding area is filled with white padded walls, equipment, and storage bags, characteristic of the ISS interior.
Space exploration
Workouts in space
Published Feb 13, 2025
Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests
Earthquake Seismograph
Seismology
Study debunks nuclear test misinformation
Published Feb 4, 2025
JHU-led study on 2024 Iran earthquake shows potential consequences of mishandling and misinterpreting scientific information, particularly during periods of international conflict
Bonobo eating a nut
Animal cognition
Don't know something? Apes can tell
Published Feb 3, 2025
Bonobos realize when humans miss information and communicate accordingly
From left, Natalie Bernstein and Sareen Muthyala
Undergraduate honors
Two sophomores named Ethan M. Posner Fellows
Published Jan 27, 2025
Established in Posner's memory, the annual fellowship supports students who demonstrate a passion for research and the desire to help others
Sarah Wildman
Voices
Conversation series aims to foster dialogue on difficult topics
Published Jan 23, 2025
'Conflict in the Middle East: Contexts and Ramifications' will bring together experts from a variety of perspectives while demonstrating that civil discussions can take place around contentious and complex issues
Christopher Cannon
Literature
Classical giant
Published Jan 23, 2025
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer's complete works available in a new scholarly-yet-accessible set
Four young girls
Film
Film series launches at Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Published Jan 21, 2025
Stories That Matter series opens with Oscar shortlisted documentary film 'Daughters' on Feb. 21
Rachel Williams, a Stern Center Curatorial Fellow, works with a 17th-century “paper supercomputer” created by Italian friar Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. By twisting its wheels, users can perform complex astrological and astronomical calculations, determine Catholic feast days, and more.
Arts+Culture
Browsing through history
Published Jan 17, 2025
The Johns Hopkins Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance provides many opportunities for students and researchers to gain archival experience
conceptual illustration with linear patterns, geometric shapes
Artificial intelligence
Arts and sciences meets AI
Published Jan 7, 2025
How researchers are tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to propel research advances in history, sociology, and more