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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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AUDIO EDITION

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

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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

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A Simple Way To Measure Knots Has Come Unraveled

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The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View

A New Proof Smooths Out the Math of Melting

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

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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

How Noether’s Theorem Revolutionized Physics

With Fifth Busy Beaver, Researchers Approach Computation’s Limits