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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.

All Episodes about computer science

Where We See Shapes, AI Sees Textures

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Art for "Computer Scientists Expand the Frontier of Verifiable Knowledge"

Computer Scientists Expand the Frontier of Verifiable Knowledge

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Animated line drawing of Margaret Hamilton, Ellen Fetter, and a Lorenz attractor

The Hidden Heroines of Chaos

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Cryptography That Is Provably Secure

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How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science

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Foundations Built for a General Theory of Neural Networks

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Art for "Milestone Experiment Proves Quantum Communication Really Is Faster"

Milestone Experiment Proves Quantum Communication Really Is Faster

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Art for "Biology and Computer Science Explore Algorithmic Evolution"

Mathematical Simplicity May Drive Evolution’s Speed

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Art for "Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room"

Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room

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The New Science of Seeing Around Corners

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Major Quantum Computing Advance Made Obsolete by Teenager

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Finally, a Problem That Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

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Illustration for "Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos"

Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos

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Why Artificial Intelligence Like AlphaZero Has Trouble With the Real World

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Smart Swarms Seek New Ways to Cooperate

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A blue person made of code walks down a pink road patterned with hexagons

Best-Ever Algorithm Found for Huge Streams of Data

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