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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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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

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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

Never-Repeating Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information

Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better

Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory

An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated