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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

The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View

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A New Proof Smooths Out the Math of Melting

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The Math of Catastrophe

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The Ends of the Earth

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‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture

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At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery

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New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source

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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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