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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.

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New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder

In Math, Rigor Is Vital. But Are Digitized Proofs Taking It Too Far?

The Man Who Stole Infinity

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Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time

Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations

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First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself

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The Core of Fermat’s Last Theorem Just Got Superpowered

A Simple Way To Measure Knots Has Come Unraveled

The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View

A New Proof Smooths Out the Math of Melting

$A model of earth with barren land and green oceans$

The Math of Catastrophe

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

An array of ellipsoids transforming into spheres.

New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source

Illustration of a person pruning hedges in the shapes of infinity signs.

Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order?