An editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation.
Type search term(s) and press enter
Get highlights of the most important news delivered to your email inbox
Quanta Magazine moderates comments to facilitate an informed, substantive, civil conversation. Abusive, profane, self-promotional, misleading, incoherent or off-topic comments will be rejected. Moderators are staffed during regular business hours (New York time) and can only accept comments written in English.
We’ll email you instructions to reset your password
Enter your new password