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Cool Jobs

A series exploring careers in STEM: science, technology, engineering and math

Tech
This computer scientist is making virtual reality safer

By Aaron TremperJune 4, 2024
Animals
Dancing spiders inspired this biologist to teach others

By Aaron TremperApril 26, 2024
Math
Geometry can shape our world in unexpected but useful ways

By Lakshmi ChandrasekaranFebruary 29, 2024
Math
This civil engineer turns to math to make energy more affordable

By Aaron TremperJanuary 29, 2024
Space
Black holes and activism inspire this astrophysicist

By Aaron TremperDecember 13, 2023
Environment
This ecologist is looking at the Amazon’s past to save its future

By Aaron TremperNovember 22, 2023
Tech
Magic, cooking and droids inspire this roboticist

By Aaron TremperSeptember 13, 2023
Humans
This archeologist reconstructs the past with animal bones

By Aaron TremperAugust 21, 2023

Health & Medicine
Stem cells can help build lab-grown organs that mimic real life

By Erin Garcia de JesúsAugust 16, 2023
Tech
Horses are inspiring this roboticist to build trustworthy robots

By Rachel CrowellAugust 7, 2023
Chemistry
This forensic scientist is taking crime science out of the lab

By Aaron TremperMay 16, 2023
Animals
This biologist uses microwave radiation to save endangered species

By Aaron TremperApril 14, 2023