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New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations
...next five to 10 years. “We’re going to try all kinds of things,” he said. “And if we think about the limitations, that might limit our creativity.” Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Our Favorite Comments of the Year
...whether or not all mathematical problems have mathematical solutions. Perhaps the most important part of that picture, though, is the fact that the question is open. … Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Reasons Revealed for the Brain’s Elastic Sense of Time
...clocks — in anticipation. This article was reprinted in Italian at le Scienze. In our subjective experience, time stretches and contracts. Recent discoveries begin to explain why. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Physicists Argue That Black Holes From the Big Bang Could Be the Dark Matter
...universe. Relatively large black holes would be surrounded by much smaller ones. One arm of the LIGO detector located in Livingston, Louisiana. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine William Widmer for Quanta Magazine...
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem
...you’re able to write a proof that this thing doesn’t exist,” Mackey said. “You’re able to write a proof of unsatisfiability.” This article was reprinted on Wired.com. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.
...in Spanish at Investigacionyciencia.es. Land plants are green because their photosynthetic pigments reflect green light, even though those wavelengths hold the most energy. Scientists finally understand why. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
How Physics Found a Geometric Structure for Math to Play With
...the original version of the story showed the trajectory of a particle that was inconsistent with the momentum vectors in the graphic. It has been revised accordingly. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
How Gödel’s Proof Works
...q stands for ~(~p ∨ ~q). [Back to article.] This article was reprinted on Wired.com. Every mathematical system will have some statements that can never be proved. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for COVID-19
...play with that fire.” This article was reprinted on Wired.com and Spektrum.de. It’s not easy to figure out when a disease will stop spreading through a population. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...