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The Quanta Podcast

Quanta Magazine

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 279

Exploring the distant universe, the insides of cells, the abstractions of math, the complexity of information itself, and much more, The Quanta Podcast is a tour of the frontier between the known and the unknown. In each episode, Quanta Magazine Editor-in-Chief Samir Patel speaks with the minds behind the award-winning publication to navigate through some of the most important and mind-expanding questions in science and math. Quanta specifically covers fundamental research — driven by curiosity, discovery and the overwhelming desire to know why and how. Join us every Tuesday for a stimulating conversation about the biggest ideas and the tiniest details.

(If you've been a fan of the Quanta Science Podcast, it will continue here. You'll see those episodes marked as audio edition episodes every two weeks.)

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Introducing The Quanta Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 1

mardi 13 mai 2025 • Duration 12:24

The Quanta Podcast is your weekly dispatch from the frontiers of science and mathematics. In each episode, editor in chief Samir Patel will talk to the writers and editors behind our most popular, interesting and thought-provoking stories.

The first episode of The Quanta Podcast will be live on May 20. In this trailer episode, Patel talks to executive editor Michael Moyer about what Quanta covers, how it has changed over time and our recent special series on “Science, Promise and Peril in the Age of AI.”

Join us every Tuesday for stimulating conversations and insights about the biggest ideas in basic science and mathematics.

Quantum Computers Cross Critical Error Threshold

jeudi 8 mai 2025 • Duration 19:09

In a first, researchers have shown that adding more “qubits” to a quantum computer can make it more resilient. It’s an essential step on the long road to practical applications.

The post Quantum Computers Cross Critical Error Threshold first appeared on Quanta Magazine

What Happens in a Mind That Can't 'See' Mental Images

mercredi 11 décembre 2024 • Duration 20:35

Neuroscience research into people with aphantasia, who don’t experience mental imagery, is revealing how imagination works and demonstrating the sweeping variety in our subjective experiences.

The post What Happens in a Mind That Can’t ‘See’ Mental Images first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem

jeudi 24 juin 2021 • Duration 21:34

To the surprise of experts in the field, a postdoctoral statistician has solved one of the most important problems in high-dimensional convex geometry.

The post Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets

jeudi 10 juin 2021 • Duration 26:15

A new proof demonstrates the power of arithmetic dynamics, an emerging discipline that combines insights from number theory and dynamical systems.

The post Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn

jeudi 27 mai 2021 • Duration 20:23

The learning algorithm that enables the runaway success of deep neural networks doesn’t work in biological brains, but researchers are finding alternatives that could.

The post Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries

jeudi 13 mai 2021 • Duration 28:33

By digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insights into sleep, aging and more.

The post Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Rumbles on Mars Raise Hopes of Underground Magma Flows

jeudi 29 avril 2021 • Duration 22:30

Small and cold, Mars has long been considered a dead planet. But a series of recent discoveries has forced scientists to rethink how recently its insides stopped churning — if they ever stopped at all.

The post Rumbles on Mars Raise Hopes of Underground Magma Flows first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem

jeudi 15 avril 2021 • Duration 20:12

Long considered solved, David Hilbert’s question about seventh-degree polynomials is leading researchers to a new web of mathematical connections.

The post Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem first appeared on Quanta Magazine

A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life

jeudi 1 avril 2021 • Duration 28:11

Inside cells, droplets of biomolecules called condensates merge, divide and dissolve. Their dance may regulate vital processes.

The post A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life first appeared on Quanta Magazine