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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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Electron microscopy of T4 bacteriophages.

DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.

Artistic representation of water radiolysis supporting life below ground.

Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds

Photo of Rafflesia arnoldii growing on vines in Indonesian forest.

DNA of Giant ‘Corpse Flower’ Parasite Surprises Biologists

Animation of a neuron that periodically alters its responses to stimuli when it is reset into a new state by another input.

Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn

An illustration of a human brain against “pink noise” static.

Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries

Video artwork showing yellow blobs move, merge, split, shrink and enlarge inside a clear cube.

A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life

The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes

Illustration of anxious woman surrounded by mitochondria.

Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Health

Micrograph of a cortical neuron, showing its many dendrites.

Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons

Scanning electron micrograph of a cluster of coccolithophores.

How Jurassic Plankton Stole Control of the Ocean’s Chemistry

The illustration shows ghostly hands partially obstructing a person’s sight and hearing.

To Pay Attention, the Brain Uses Filters, Not a Spotlight

3D illustration of three human skulls, split into left and right halves and nested one inside the next.

Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins

An illustration of a machine with two mechanical arms sorts cells by size into processing lines marked “Asymmetric Division” and “Symmetric Division.”

For Embryo’s Cells, Size Can Determine Fate

Scientists Debate the Origin of Cell Types in the First Animals

Art for "What’s in a Name? Taxonomy Problems Vex Biologists"

What’s in a Name? Taxonomy Problems Vex Biologists

Art for "Bacterial Complexity Revises Ideas About ‘Which Came First?’"

Bacterial Complexity Revises Ideas About ‘Which Came First?’