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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 physics

An illustration showing a variety of humanoid robots, including Atlas, Digit, a science fiction robot, and a toy, along with floating stairs.

Why Do Humanoid Robots Still Struggle With the Small Stuff?

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How Modern and Antique Technologies Reveal a Dynamic Cosmos

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The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion

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Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve?

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Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations

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Matter vs. Force: Why There Are Exactly Two Types of Particles

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Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard?

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How Can AI Researchers Save Energy? By Going Backward.

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An illustration of a man with devil horns eating ice cream while looking at hot and cold gases in two compartments of a box.

A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness

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Bright blue water surrounds a volcanic island.

Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.

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A field of large white galaxies hides three tiny red dots.

A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe

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‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle

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A 3D Model of the Earth

How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived

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The Ends of the Earth

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Earth’s Core Appears To Be Leaking Up and Out of Earth’s Surface

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The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’

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