The 2017 MacArthur Genius Fellowship recipient's interdisciplinary work on the Bay of Bengal teaches us that movement and migration are central forces in the making of Asian—and global—history.
The latest scientists to win the "genius grants" are learning about the brain, turning sewage into useful stuff, and everything in between.
Noah Davis talks to Yoky Matsuoka about youth tennis, wanting to be an airhead, and what it's like to win a Genius Grant.