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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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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

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Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems

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What Can a Cell Remember?

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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

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

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

An illustration of planets as balls at the beach.

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

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Quantum Scientists Have Built a New Math of Cryptography

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New Sphere-Packing Record Stems From an Unexpected Source

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Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture

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‘It’s a Mess’: A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory’s 100th Birthday Party