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The Quanta Podcast

Every Tuesday, editor in chief Samir Patel sits down with writers and editors to discuss our most thought-provoking stories in science and math. Audio editions of Quanta’s stories with Susan Valot will appear biweekly on Thursdays.

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Why Am I Left-Handed?

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Is Life Just Different?

Light microscopy image of fibroblast cells. The cell nuclei are stained purple; parts that make up the rod-like structures of the cytoskeleton are stained cyan for actin filaments and yellow for the microtubule filaments.

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Tiny Tubes Reveal Clues to the Evolution of Complex Life

An illustration of a scientist surrounded by biological symbols

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Are Memories Transferable — or Edible?

A green stick bug blends in with a green leaf.

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How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past

An illustration shows a knight kneeling behind a shield engraved with an image of a bacterium, with which he defends against an onslaught of viruses.

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The Ancient Weapons Active in Your Immune System Today

Steam billows off a colorful hot spring.

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The Cells That Breathe Two Ways

Tangles of green and blue strands, representing different types of proteins, spill out over the edges of a circular channel.

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Disorder Drives One of Nature’s Most Complex Machines

Bright spots of red (calcium) travel in waves across a blue substrate (brain cells).

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Once Thought To Support Neurons, Astrocytes Turn Out To Be in Charge

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The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion

An Egyptian fruit bat extends its wings in flight.

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How Animals Build a Sense of Direction

An illustration shows sperm cells circling an egg cell. Each sperm cell is stamped with an icon representing fitness, including a steak, dumbbell and cigarette.

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How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA

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How Much Energy Does It Take To Think?

Bright blue water surrounds a volcanic island.

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Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.

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How the Brain Moves From Waking Life to Sleep (and Back Again)

A model of Earth with half of it covered in ice

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A Biography of Earth Across the Age of Animals