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About Quanta Magazine

Illuminating basic science and math research through public service journalism.

Mission Statement

Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent online publication launched by the Simons Foundation in 2012 to enhance public understanding of science. Why Quanta? Albert Einstein called photons “quanta of light.” Our goal is to “illuminate science.”

Our reporters focus on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences. The best traditional news organizations provide excellent reporting on applied areas of science such as health, medicine, technology, engineering and the environment. We strive to complement and augment existing media coverage.

Our work often resembles journalistic alchemy — we mash together the complexities of science with the malleable art of storytelling in an attempt to forge a precious new alloy. It can be a mind-bending enterprise, but we relish the challenge.

At Quanta Magazine, scientific accuracy is every bit as important as telling a good story. Since Quanta is a nonprofit foundation-funded publication, all of its resources go toward producing responsible, freely accessible journalism that is meticulously researched, reported, edited, copy-edited and fact-checked. And our editorial independence ensures the impartiality of our science coverage — our articles do not reflect or represent the views of the Simons Foundation. All editorial decisions, including which research or researchers to cover, are made by Quanta’s staff reporting to the editor in chief; editorial content is not reviewed by anyone outside of the news team prior to publication; Quanta has no involvement in any of the Simons Foundation’s grant-giving or research efforts; and researchers who receive funding from the foundation do not receive preferential treatment. The decision to cover a particular researcher or research result is made solely on editorial grounds in service of our readers.

Quanta has been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting, the 2020 National Magazine Award for General Excellence and two People’s Voice Webby Awards.

To reach an even wider audience, we have syndication partnerships with several publications, which reprint our articles. Through international partnerships, our articles have been translated into German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian and Japanese, and we plan to make them available in other languages. We want everyone to keep reading.

Thank you for visiting Quanta Magazine. We invite you to explore our pages, and we look forward to your comments.

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The Atlantic
Scientific American
Pour La Science
Spektrum Der Wissenschaft
Investigación y Ciencia
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le Scienze

Latest News About Quanta

Quanta Magazine Wins 2022 Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Writing

05.18.2022

Quanta Magazine was honored with a People’s Voice award for Best Writing (Editorial) at the 26th Annual Webby Awards on Monday.

Quanta Awarded Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting

05.09.2022

Quanta Magazine has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory writing “for coverage that revealed the complexities of building the James Webb Telescope designed to facilitate groundbreaking astronomical and cosmological research.”

Quanta Launches ‘The Joy of Why’ Podcast

05.03.2022

The new podcast, hosted by the mathematician Steven Strogatz, explores the secrets of sleep, the nature of space-time, why we age and other big scientific mysteries.

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Simons Foundation

About Simons Foundation

The Simons Foundation’s mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences.

Co-founded in New York City by Jim and Marilyn Simons, the foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019.

The Simons Foundation at its core exists to support basic — or discovery-driven — scientific research, undertaken in pursuit of understanding the phenomena of our world.

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Thomas Lin

Thomas Lin

Editor in Chief
Natalie Wolchover

Natalie Wolchover

Senior Editor
Michael Moyer

Michael Moyer

Deputy Editor
John Rennie

John Rennie

Deputy Editor
Jordana Cepelewicz

Jordana Cepelewicz

Senior Writer
Bill Andrews

Bill Andrews

Senior Editor
Matt Carlstrom

Matt Carlstrom

Senior Engagement Editor
Samuel Velasco

Samuel Velasco

Art Director
Charlie Wood

Charlie Wood

Staff Writer
Yasemin Saplakoglu

Yasemin Saplakoglu

Staff Writer
Annie Melchor

Annie Melchor

Web Producer
Merrill Sherman

Merrill Sherman

Graphics Editor
Kristina Armitage

Kristina Armitage

Visual Designer
Paul Chaikin

Paul Chaikin

Interactive Web Developer
Konstantin Kakaes

Konstantin Kakaes

Senior Editor
Ben Brubaker

Ben Brubaker

Staff Writer
Zack Savitsky

Zack Savitsky

Writing Intern
Robin Lloyd

Robin Lloyd

Interim Physics Editor

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