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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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Illustration of a man holding a laptop while standing in the middle of a complicated optics experiment. Green laser beams fly around every which way.

AI Comes Up With Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work.

An illustration showing a variety of humanoid robots, including Atlas, Digit, a science fiction robot, and a toy, along with floating stairs.

Why Do Humanoid Robots Still Struggle With the Small Stuff?

How Modern and Antique Technologies Reveal a Dynamic Cosmos

A robotic arm paints on a canvas set on an easel, surrounded by paint buckets and abstract artworks in a minimal, blue-toned room. Splashes of paint scatter on the floor, blending mechanical precision with artistic expression.

Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity

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

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

The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion

The Man Who Stole Infinity

Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve?

A woman surfing on a wave formed by circular objects

Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time

An Egyptian fruit bat extends its wings in flight.

How Animals Build a Sense of Direction

Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations

Two houses next to each other The house on the right has multiple separate rooms with individual musicians, while the house on the left has a combined symphony in one large room

Matter vs. Force: Why There Are Exactly Two Types of Particles

Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality

Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard?

How Can AI Researchers Save Energy? By Going Backward.

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.

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