Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, p
Scientists thought that the brain’s hearing centers might just process speech along with other sound
The molecular signaling systems of complex cells are nothing like simple electronic circuits. The lo
Deep in the mantle, a branching plume of intensely hot material appears to be the engine powering va
For over two decades, physicists have pondered how the fabric of space-time may emerge from some kin
Investigations of the simplest possible clocks have revealed their fundamental limitations — as well
Familiar categories of mental functions such as perception, memory and attention reflect our experie
Like a perpetual motion machine, a time crystal forever cycles between states without consuming ener
For 50 years, mathematicians have believed that the total number of real numbers is unknowable. A ne
The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work
The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound con
New work suggests that the radiolytic splitting of water supports giant subsurface ecosystems of lif
The bizarre genome of the world’s most mysterious flowering plants shows how far parasites will go i
New data indicating that Earth’s surface broke up about 3.2 billion years ago helps clarify how plat
An unexpected superconductor was beginning to look like a fluke, but a new theory and a second disco
To the surprise of experts in the field, a postdoctoral statistician has solved one of the most impo
A new proof demonstrates the power of arithmetic dynamics, an emerging discipline that combines insi
The learning algorithm that enables the runaway success of deep neural networks doesn’t work in biol
By digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insi
Small and cold, Mars has long been considered a dead planet. But a series of recent discoveries has
Long considered solved, David Hilbert’s question about seventh-degree polynomials is leading researc
