Everyone hates traffic. Big cities in particular are plagued by an overabundance of vehicles, turning a simple crosstown jaunt into an odyssey during rush hour. Part of the problem is that traffic is ...

Tipping points in our climate predictions are both wildly dramatic and wildly uncertain. Can mathematicians make them useful?

This research suggests that even chaotic, unpredictable phenomena, like waves on a shore or the beating of a heart, can be ...