Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, p
In harsh ecosystems around the world, microbiologists are finding evidence that “microbial seed bank
In a world seemingly filled with chaos, physicists have discovered new forms of synchronization and
Researchers have just released hacker-proof cryptographic code — programs with the same level of inv
During development, cells seem to decode their fate through optimal information processing, which co
The latest AI algorithms are probing the evolution of galaxies, calculating quantum wave functions,
A state-of-the-art supercomputer simulation indicates that a feedback loop between global warming an
The brain can’t directly encode the passage of time, but recent work hints at a workaround for putti
Neural networks can be as unpredictable as they are powerful. Now mathematicians are beginning to re
Emerging evidence suggests that the brain encodes abstract knowledge in the same way that it represe
In a Paris lab, researchers have shown for the first time that quantum methods of transmitting infor
Some researchers are using a complexity framework thought to be purely theoretical to understand evo
Simple physical principles can be used to describe how rivers grow everywhere from Florida to Mars.
How does evolution select the fittest “individuals” when they are ecosystems made up of hosts and th
Through exacting geometric calculations, Philip Gibbs has found the smallest known cover for any pos
Using a new CRISPR-based technique, researchers are examining how the position of DNA within the nuc
A visual prank exposes an Achilles’ heel of computer vision systems: Unlike humans, they can’t do a
Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including
18-year-old Ewin Tang has proven that classical computers can solve the “recommendation problem” nea
Psychedelic drugs can trigger characteristic hallucinations, which have long been thought to hold cl
