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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

Simulation of Kelvin-Helmholz Instability

Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations

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Minhyong Kim in front of a whiteboard

Secret Link Uncovered Between Pure Math and Physics

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A wormhole split in two with swirls of blue on one side and swirls of pink on the other with a ringed planet in the background.

Newfound Wormhole Allows Information to Escape Black Holes

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Svitlana Mayboroda

Mathematicians Tame Rogue Waves, Lighting Up Future of LEDs

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What Made the Moon? New Ideas Try to Rescue a Troubled Theory

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Dark matter superfluid

Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid

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A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold

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Experiment Reaffirms Quantum Weirdness

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Illustration: Dividing Droplets

Dividing Droplets Could Explain Life’s Origin

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Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay

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Erik Verlinde by Ilvy Njiokiktjien for Quanta Magazine

The Case Against Dark Matter

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What Sonic Black Holes Say About Real Ones

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The Art of Teaching Math and Science

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Strange Dark Galaxy Puzzles Astrophysicists

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Colliding Black Holes Tell New Story of Stars

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What No New Particles Means for Physics

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