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A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built...
The ‘Elegant’ Math Model That Could Help Rescue Coral Reefs
...starfish. The ocean was a home, but in school, Llabrés preferred physics and math. In Barcelona for college, she dove into the theoretical mysteries of black holes and quantum gravity....
Quanta’s Science and Math Crossword Puzzle
This holiday season, catch up on science and math news while solving our year-end crossword. There is no new Insights puzzle this month, but I come bearing a holiday gift...
Pencils Down: The Art of Teaching Math and Science
...this linchpin of our education system, Quanta Magazine followed four master science and math teachers into their classrooms. Wilson Hester, Max Cantor, Rachel Globe and Lisa Iaboni for Quanta Magazine...
The (Math) Problem With Pentagons
...how to fit shapes together to make toys, floors, walls and art — and to understand the mathematics behind such patterns — for thousands of years. But it was only...
Simpler Math Tames the Complexity of Microbe Networks
The dizzying network of interactions within microbe communities can defy analysis. But a new approach that simplifies the math might make progress possible. Over the past century, scientists have become...
Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem
...under the radar of the mathematics community for seven years — apparently only one professional mathematician spotted it at the time, and he didn’t check it carefully. But in a...
The Year in Math and Computer Science
Several mathematicians under the age of 30, and amateur problem-solvers of all ages, made significant contributions to some of the most difficult questions in math and theoretical computer science. Youth...
Quanta’s Science and Math Crossword Puzzle
Celebrate a year’s worth of scientific and mathematical insights by solving this brain-teasing cryptic crossword from our puzzle columnist. Last December, we published our 2017 Science and Math Crossword as...