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2020 in Review

2020 in Review

Our Favorite Comments of the Year

By Thomas Lin
December 23, 2020
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Online comment platforms can bring out the best — and the worst — in people. At the end of a tumultuous year, Quanta’s editors highlight some of our favorite things you had to say.

2020 in Review

The Year in Biology

By John Rennie
December 23, 2020
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While the study of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was the most urgent priority, biologists also learned more about how brains process information, how to define individuality and why sleep deprivation kills.

2020 in Review

The Year in Math and Computer Science

By Bill Andrews
December 23, 2020
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Even as mathematicians and computer scientists proved big results in computational complexity, number theory and geometry, computers proved themselves increasingly indispensable in mathematics.

2020 in Review

The Year in Physics

By Michael Moyer
December 23, 2020
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Featuring paradoxical black holes, room-temperature superconductors and a new escape from the prison of time.

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