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Explore mind-bending developments in basic science and math research. Quanta Magazine is an award-winning, editorially independent magazine published by the Simons Foundation.
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- 1 1. Leslie Valiant: Searching for the Algorithms Underlying Life2016-01-29Leslie Valiant explains the term "ecorithm."
- 2 2. Are We Alone in the Universe?2016-02-04David Kaplan explores the best ways to search for alien life on distant planets.
- 3 3. Michael Atiyah's Imaginative State of Mind2016-03-04Michael Atiyah discusses beauty in mathematics.
- 4 4. David Deamer: How We’re Studying the Origins of Life2016-03-17David Deamer explains how his laboratory mimics the extreme conditions found on volcanoes in the early Earth.
- 5 5. Is That 'Bump' a New Particle?2016-04-14David Kaplan explains how a curious signal in the Large Hadron Collider's latest data could upset the Standard Model of physics — or mean nothing at all.
- 6 6. Tiny Tests Seek the Universe's Big Mysteries2016-05-04David Moore explains why we might expect to find strange things when we study gravity at small scales.
- 7 7. David Moore: Tabletop Physics2016-05-05Stanford University physicist David Moore explains how his team’s tabletop experiment uses lasers and tiny glass spheres to test gravity.
- 8 8. Janna Levin on Science and Culture2016-05-06Janna Levin talks about her roles as scientific director at a “center for art and innovation” in Brooklyn and as a physicist and writer.
- 9 9. Ken Ono: A Life Inspired by an Unexpected Genius2016-05-23Ken Ono explains how Ramanujan has served as his “guardian angel” throughout his life and career.
- 10 10. Suchitra Sebastian: An Explorer of Quantum Borderlands2016-06-10Suchitra Sebastian talks about how extreme conditions can create unexpected quantum behavior.
- 11 11. How Does Life Come From Randomness?2016-06-30David Kaplan explains how the law of increasing entropy could drive random bits of matter into the stable, orderly structures of life.
- 12 12. Miranda Cheng: A Moonshine Master Toys with String Theory2016-08-04Miranda Cheng explains what umbral moonshine is and how it might illuminate string theory.
- 13 13. Tracy Slatyer: A Seeker of Dark Matter’s Hidden Light2016-09-01Tracy Slatyer explains why she’s not disappointed when a mysterious cosmic signal turns out to be something other than dark matter.
- 14 14. Peter and Rosemary Grant2016-09-22Peter and Rosemary Grant explain how our understanding of evolution has changed in their lifetimes.
- 15 15. Pencils Down: The Art of Teaching Math and Science2016-10-11What can we learn from the best teachers on the front lines? To shine a spotlight on this linchpin of our education system, Quanta Magazine followed four master science and math te
- 16 16. Pencils Down: Channa Comer of Baychester Middle School2016-10-11Channa Comer teaches 6th-grade science. She focuses on engagement so kids will want to keep learning.
- 17 17. Pencils Down: Mike Zitolo of School of the Future2016-10-11Michael Zitolo is turning the way science is approached in the classroom upside down.
- 18 18. Pencils Down: Soni Midha of East Side Community High School2016-10-11In school or in life, Soni Midha wants her math students to be able to prove why something is correct.
- 19 19. Pencils Down: Aaron Mathieu of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School2016-10-11Students need a chance to fail at science to learn about its process, says Aaron Mathieu.
- 20 20. Pencils Down: Channa Comer Teaching About Scientific Controls2016-10-11What's a control? Channa Comer challenges her students to explain and work things out for themselves.
- 21 21. Helen Quinn: A Wormhole Between Physics and Education2016-10-18A Wormhole Between Physics and Education
- 22 22. Michael Costanzo: Giant Genetic Map Reveals Life’s Hidden Links2016-10-26Michael Costanzo, a biologist at the University of Toronto and a lead author on the new study, explains why it’s important to understand how genes interact.
- 23 23. Richard Lenski: A Conductor of Evolution’s Subtle Symphony2016-11-03Richard Lenski discusses how he has been surprised by evolution.
- 24 24. Cynthia Dwork: How to Force Our Machines to Play Fair2016-11-23Cynthia Dwork explains how to conduct a survey that asks people if they do embarrassing — or even illicit — things.
- 25 25. Erik Verlinde: The Case Against Dark Matter2016-11-29Erik Verlinde describes how emergent gravity and dark energy can explain away dark matter.
- 26 26. Janet Conrad: On a Hunt for a Ghost of a Particle2016-12-08Janet Conrad explains how sterile neutrinos might help physicists move past the Standard Model.
- 27 27. Elena Aprile: In the Deep, a Drive to Find Dark Matter2016-12-20Elena Aprile explains how she hunts for dark matter in the world’s largest underground laboratory.
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