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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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Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem

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 computer scientists looking down a new road that breaks open a traveling salesperson route.

Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record

Illustration of cartoon characters working alongside a machine.

Machines Beat Humans on a Reading Test. But Do They Understand?

Where We See Shapes, AI Sees Textures

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

Computer Scientists Expand the Frontier of Verifiable Knowledge

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

How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science

Foundations Built for a General Theory of Neural Networks

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Milestone Experiment Proves Quantum Communication Really Is Faster

Art for "Biology and Computer Science Explore Algorithmic Evolution"

Mathematical Simplicity May Drive Evolution’s Speed

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

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