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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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When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History

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Illustration of a person pruning hedges in the shapes of infinity signs.

Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order?

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After 20 Years, Math Couple Solves Major Group Theory Problem

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When Did Nature Burst Into Vivid Color?

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Is Gravity Just Entropy Rising? Long-Shot Idea Gets Another Look.

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How Noether’s Theorem Revolutionized Physics

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With Fifth Busy Beaver, Researchers Approach Computation’s Limits

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New ‘Superdiffusion’ Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence

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Concept Cells Help Your Brain Abstract Information and Build Memories

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‘Turbocharged’ Mitochondria Power Birds’ Epic Migratory Journeys

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Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill

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Heat Destroys All Order. Except for in This One Special Case.

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For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time

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Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI

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Can AI Models Show Us How People Learn? Impossible Languages Point a Way.

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AI Is Nothing Like a Brain, and That’s OK

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