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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 mathematics

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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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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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Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI

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Introducing The Quanta Podcast

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How the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero

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Never-Repeating Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information

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Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better

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Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory

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An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated

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Old Problem About Mathematical Curves Falls to Young Couple

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Graduate Student’s Side Project Proves Prime Number Conjecture

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Deep Learning Poised to ‘Blow Up’ Famed Fluid Equations

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Researchers Identify ‘Master Problem’ Underlying All Cryptography

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