Quanta Magazine
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. Marcus Feldman: In Search of Actions That Alter Evolution2017-01-05Marcus Feldman explains how he models the effects of a cultural preference — in this case, a preference for sons over daughters in China.
- 2 2. Francis Su: Math and the Good Life2017-02-03Francis Su explains how mathematics can help a person to live well.
- 3 3. Francis Su: Math Is for Everybody2017-02-04Francis Su discusses how the community of mathematicians tends to exclude certain people.
- 4 4. Sylvia Serfaty: In Mathematics, ‘You Cannot Be Lied To’2017-02-21Sylvia Serfaty explains why you don’t have to be a genius to become a mathematician.
- 5 5. Sharon Glotzer: ‘Digital Alchemist’ Seeks Rules of Emergence2017-03-08Sharon Glotzer explains how emergence, entropy and order can all fit together.
- 6 6. John Novembre: A Map of Human History, Hidden in DNA2017-04-20John Novembre explains how he uses genomic data to map human history.
- 7 7. Tim Maudlin: A Defense of the Reality of Time2017-05-19A Defense of the Reality of Time
- 8 8. Journey to the Birth of the Solar System 360 VR2017-05-25Join David Kaplan on a virtual-reality tour showing how the sun, the Earth and the other planets came to be.
- 9 9. Purvesh Khatri: More Data — the Dirtier the Better2017-06-07Khatri learned that by working with 'messy' clinical data sets, he could find genes that the human body expresses in response to diverse forms of a disease.
- 10 10. Jessica Flack: How Nature Solves Problems Through Computation2017-07-10Jessica Flack describes the special challenges of applying collective computation to the understanding of complex biological systems.
- 11 11. Jay Pasachoff: Eclipse Hunter Reveals the Science That Can Only Be Done in the Dark2017-08-10Jay Pasachoff explains what scientists can learn during a total solar eclipse.
- 12 12. How Andrea Ghez Found a Supermassive Black Hole2017-08-21The UCLA astrophysicist explains how tracking the movement of stars revealed the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
- 13 13. Svitlana Mayboroda: Taming Rogue Waves2017-08-22Svitlana Mayboroda describes how the landscape function helps solve the mystery of wave localization.
- 14 14. Neil Johnson: A Physicist Who Models ISIS and the Alt-Right2017-08-23Neil Johnson on the physics of collective human behavior.
- 15 15. Nigel Goldenfeld: Seeing Emergent Physics Behind Evolution2017-08-31Nigel Goldenfeld explains how condensed matter physics provides insights into the collective state of early life on Earth.
- 16 16. Rebecca Goldin: Why Math Is the Best Way to Make Sense of the World2017-09-11Rebecca Goldin explains why quantitative literacy is so important.
- 17 17. Michael Assis: Atomic Origami2017-10-31Michael Assis demonstrates how defects can be used to tune the properties of Miura-ori origami.
- 18 18. Federico Ardila: A Mathematician Who Dances to the Joys and Sorrows of Discovery2017-11-20A Mathematician Who Dances to the Joys and Sorrows of Discovery
- 19 19. Minhyong Kim: Connecting Number Theory to Physics2017-12-01Minhyong Kim wanted to make sure he had concrete results in number theory before he admitted that his ideas were inspired by physics.
- 20 20. Corina Tarnita: First Understand Nature’s Rules2017-12-20Corina Tarnita argues that to fully appreciate nature, you must first understand its rules.
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