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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 Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View

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How the Brain Moves From Waking Life to Sleep (and Back Again)

A New Proof Smooths Out the Math of Melting

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

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

A model of Earth with half of it covered in ice

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A Biography of Earth Across the Age of Animals

‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle

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Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of ‘Game of Life’

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

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The Math of Catastrophe

A quantum boat engine speeding past a normal board

Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems

A cell with multiple faces inside

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What Can a Cell Remember?

A 3D Model of the Earth

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How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived

A photo college shows organisms that produce or are affected by different keystone molecules, including a seabird; plants; a California newt; an Alderia sea slug; and a scallop.

A New, Chemical View of Ecosystems

A mechanical shadow monster emerging from a smartphone

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The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.

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The Ends of the Earth

A three dimensional shape with a line through the middle

‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture

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At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery