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The Frauchiger-Renner thought experiment has shaken up the world of quantum foundations.

Some researchers are using a complexity framework thought to be purely theoretical to understand evolutionary dynamics in biological and computational systems.

Simple physical principles can be used to describe how rivers grow everywhere from Florida to Mars.

Tadashi Tokieda discovers new physical phenomena by looking at the everyday world with the eyes of a child.

With proteins that reversibly self-assemble into droplets, cells may control their metabolism — and harden themselves against harsh conditions.

On November 16, 2018, more than 200 readers joined writers and editors from Quanta Magazine for a wide-ranging panel discussion that examined the newest ideas in fundamental physics, biology and mathematics research.

Quasars powered by supermassive black holes have been unexpectedly vanishing. Scientists have started to figure out why.

How does evolution select the fittest “individuals” when they are ecosystems made up of hosts and their microbiomes? Biologist debate the need to revise theories.

Experiments suggest that exotic superconducting materials share a “strange metal” state characterized by a quantum speed limit that somehow acts as a fundamental organizing principle.