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    • 4.6 • 396 Ratings

Listen to Quanta Magazine's in-depth news stories about developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences. Quanta, an editorially independent magazine published by the Simons Foundation, seeks to enhance public understanding of basic research. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.

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    Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory

    Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory

    Physics is a rich well of inspiration for mathematicians to draw from.

    • 20 min
    Tiny Language Models Come of Age

    Tiny Language Models Come of Age

    Using large language models to generate training data for smaller models might be more effective than vacuuming up text from the internet and filtering out the garbage.

    • 20 min
    Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit

    Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit

    Astronomers have long known of rogue worlds - cosmic loners that drift through space, untethered to a star. Now JWST is spotting them in pairs.

    • 21 min
    What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells

    What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells

    We're all used to hearing about mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell. It turns out that they are also the timekeepers.

    • 23 min
    An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated

    An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated

    Many discoveries in mathematics make things simpler, but a recent disproof instead creates a universe of new, complicated possibilities.

    • 16 min
    Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve

    Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve

    Biologists have discovered that even one of the weakest, simplest self-replicating organisms on the planet can evolve.

    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
396 Ratings

396 Ratings

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Good in its Own Right

If you liked an article on Quanta, you should definitely listen to the podcast episode, and vice versa! There's always unique information and has good production with the format of interviews.

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