Quanta Magazine

‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Par...

A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles — a new category of quantum par...

Where Does Meaning Live in a Sentence? Math Might Tell Us.

The mathematician Tai-Danae Bradley is using category theory to try to understan...

Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals

Complex neural pathways likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggest...

How a Problem About Pigeons Powers Complexity Theory

When pigeons outnumber pigeonholes, some birds must double up. This obvious stat...

What Is the True Promise of Quantum Computing?

Despite the hype, it’s been surprisingly challenging to find quantum algorithms ...

Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organis...

A New Proof Smooths Out the Math of Melting

A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenome...

The High Cost of Quantum Randomness Is Dropping

Randomness is essential to some research, but it’s always been prohibitively com...

The Mysterious Flow of Fluid in the Brain

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help ex...

Three Hundred Years Later, a Tool from Isaac Newton Get...

A simple, widely used mathematical technique can finally be applied to boundless...

How Metabolism Can Shape Cells’ Destinies

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions th...

How Did Multicellular Life Evolve?

One of the most important events in the history of life on Earth was the emergen...

Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker? New Evidence Strengthens...

Last year, an enormous map of the cosmos hinted that the engine driving cosmic e...

Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems

It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answe...

‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture

The deceptively simple Kakeya conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for 50 yea...

New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season...

Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin return for a new season on major scientific and ...

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