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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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Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy

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Mathematician Hurls Structure and Disorder Into Century-Old Problem

Researchers Defeat Randomness to Create Ideal Code

How Many Numbers Exist? Infinity Proof Moves Math Closer to an Answer.

The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve

Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem

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Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets

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Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem

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Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology

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Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record

Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem

Neutrinos and matrices

Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math

Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order

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Computer Scientists Expand the Frontier of Verifiable Knowledge

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The Hidden Heroines of Chaos

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Scientists Discover Exotic New Patterns of Synchronization