Perhaps more than English or history, STEM subjects require an enormous amount of foundational learning before students can become competent. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
My students may have dexterity with the equations they’re required to know, but they lack the capacity to apply their knowledge to real-life problems. This critical shortcoming appears in high school and possibly in elementary grades – long before college. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
I am a professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, where I teach an introductory class in cosmology. I see the deficiencies that first-year students show up with. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
Finding the first seed black holes could help reveal how the relation between black holes and their host galaxies evolved over time. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
Dark matter is one of the dominant constituents of the universe, which piled up in certain parts of the universe due to gravity, and in those regions, galaxies were formed. It is the unseen thing that holds the universe together. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
Individuals reporting on their own experience with particular therapies would provide first-hand accounts that could be considered in the improvement of drug design. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
The deep fascination with the mysterious, and the impulse to seek and locate ourselves in the cosmic context, seems to be imprinted in our DNA and psyches. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
We need to make sure that the Voyager probes carrying a record of human civilization speeding beyond our solar system remain an introduction to the world that sent them and not an epitaph for a civilization that caused its own ruin. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
Growing up in Delhi, India, I did puzzles, explored numbers, and searched for patterns in everyday settings long before I ever saw an equation. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
Being nimble and ready to change our minds if need be is an attribute that is crucial to live and thrive in a society that is powered by science and technology, both as an individual and as an engaged citizen. Priyamvada Natarajan Read Quote
