The Quanta Podcast

Armed with a slew of new instruments, physicists are closing in on one of nature’s oldest mysteries — and finding that storm clouds are seething with violent and unexpected phenomena.

Ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects the infinite, has long been dismissed as mathematical heresy. But it is also producing new insights in math and beyond.

Scientists keep detecting new forms of ice. According to simulations, there could be many more left to find.

Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own innate immune system.

AI is being used to prove new results at a rapid pace. Mathematicians think this is just the beginning.

The quest to make mathematics rigorous has a long and spotty history — one mathematicians can learn from as they push to formalize everything in the computer program Lean.

Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the world.

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.

The last decade has seen vast improvements in humanoid robots, but graduating to widespread use might require going back to the fundamentals.