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Why There’s No Single Best Way To Store Information
about 5 hours ago
Just as there’s no single best way to organize your bookshelf, there’s...
String Theory Can Now Describe a Universe That Has Dark Energy
2 days ago
In 1998, astronomers discovered dark energy. The finding, which transformed our conception...
Cells Use ‘Bioelectricity’ To Coordinate and Make Group Decisions
4 days ago
We’re used to thinking of the brain as an electric organ. The...
Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations
7 days ago
Nearly 200 years ago, the physicists Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes...
Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality
9 days ago
Read a story about dogs, and you may remember it the next...
In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything
11 days ago
Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty it. You...
How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA
25 days ago
The standard sperm-meets-egg story posits that sperm cells are hardly more than...
The Year in Mathematics
29 days ago
Mathematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers...
The Year in Physics
about 1 month ago
It in no way reflects my feelings toward Quanta staff writer Charlie...
The Year in Computer Science
about 1 month ago
Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the...
String Theory Inspires a Brilliant, Baffling New Math Proof
about 1 month ago
In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve...