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Big Question About Primes Proved in Small Number Systems
...polynomials referenced in this article are expressions, not equations. This article was reprinted on Wired.com. How many twin primes are out there? A new proof provides hints. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins
...only 60,000 years ago. It may have come from a hypothesized earlier exodus that left no survivors. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine Photograph by Nicholas Thompson, ©️ Katerina Harvati, University of Tübingen...
A Black Hole So Big It ‘Should Not Exist’
...the gap because nature abhors a vacuum.” This article was reprinted on TheAtlantic.com. A 100-solar-mass black hole would be roughly twice as massive as the theoretical limit. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
Quantum Darwinism, an Idea to Explain Objective Reality, Passes First Tests
...inside a synthetic diamond (shown mounted on the right) by monitoring surrounding carbon atoms. Their findings confirmed predictions of a theory known as quantum Darwinism. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine Ulm University...
Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order
...Nicolas Curien; colors: Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine Courtesy of Nicolas Curien; colors: Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine Deborah Wieder; Courtesy of Nicolas Curien; CNRS/Vanessa Cusimano Courtesy of Nicolas Curien; colors: Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
A 53-Year-Old Network Coloring Conjecture Is Disproved
...that a conjecture is very hard to prove is simply that it is false.” Video: Erica Klarreich explains how a counterexample to Hedetniemi’s conjecture was discovered. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine Numberphile...
What’s the Magic Behind Graphene’s ‘Magic’ Angle?
...be able to move ahead.” Stacked honeycomb lattices of carbon atoms begin to conduct electricity with zero resistance when twisted at a relative angle of 1.1 degrees. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...
The Hidden Heroines of Chaos
...strange attractors and other hallmarks of chaos theory. Edward Lorenz acknowledged the contributions of Fetter and Hamilton at the end of his papers. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine 5W Infographics for Quanta...
As Planet Discoveries Pile Up, a Gap Appears in the Pattern
...“is like looking in 1 percent of the haystack and saying, ‘Oh, there’s no needle.’” NASA’s Kepler and TESS space telescopes have together cataloged nearly 4,000 planets. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine...