Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, p
The neocortex of our brain is the seat of our intellect. New data suggests that mammals created it w
A wave of research improves reinforcement learning algorithms by pre-training them as if they were h
Depression has often been blamed on low levels of serotonin in the brain. That answer is insufficien
Queen ants live far longer than genetically identical workers. Researchers are learning what their l
The neural representations of a perceived image and the memory of it are almost the same. New work s
If plaques of amyloid protein in the brain aren’t the root cause of Alzheimer’s disease, what is? Re
After decades in the shadow of the reigning model for Alzheimer’s disease, alternative explanations
Theory has it that “Population III” stars brought light to the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescop
An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on
Supergenes that lock inherited traits together are widespread in nature. Recent work shows that thei
A recent gamma-ray burst known as the BOAT — “brightest of all time” — appears to have produced a hi
The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one
A new atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity see
Robots can surpass the limitations on how high and far animals can jump, but their success only unde
When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, one molecule determines which way they will
Eric Larson and Isabel Vogt have solved the interpolation problem — a centuries-old question about s
The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of
Partnerships between engineers and biologists have begun to reveal how birds evolved their superb ma
Structural studies of the robust material called sporopollenin reveal how it made plants hardy enoug
Protein buildups like those seen around neurons in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain diseases
