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Quanta Science Podcast

Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, p

Episodes

Total: 252

Only a few genetic changes were enough to change an ordinary stomach bug into the bacteria responsib

A major advance in computational complexity reveals deep connections between the classes of problems

Visions of Future Physics

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Nima Arkani-Hamed is championing a campaign to build the world’s largest particle collider, even as

Cellular clocks are almost everywhere. Clues to how they work are coming from the places they’re not

Einstein refused to believe in the inherent unpredictability of the world. Is the subatomic world in

A recent cryptographic breakthrough has proven difficult to put into practice. But new advances show

A new understanding of viral swarms is helping researchers predict how viruses will evolve and where

Emerging data suggests the seemingly impossible — that mysterious new genes arise from “junk” DNA.

Did the minerals on our planet arise in a predictable fashion, or did they result from chance events

A new technique for finding and characterizing microbes has boosted the number of known bacteria by

Researchers are uncovering the hidden laws that reveal how the Internet grows, how viruses spread, a

Scientists hope that new genetic letters, created in the lab, will endow DNA with new powers.