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Quanta Podcast

Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, physics, biology and computer science.

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Nash equilibrium maze

In Game Theory, No Clear Path to Equilibrium

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15 pentagon tessellations

Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem

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Can Microbes Encourage Altruism?

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Dark matter superfluid

Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid

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Combinatorics and constellations

A Puzzle of Clever Connections Nears a Happy End

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Is a spiderweb part of the animal’s mind?

The Thoughts of a Spiderweb

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Illustration of a salamander

How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering

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Thomas Royen by Rüdiger Nehmzow

A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost

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A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold

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Why Did Life Move to Land? For the View

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New Number Systems Seek Their Lost Primes

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Researchers Tap a Sleep Switch in the Brain

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Experiment Reaffirms Quantum Weirdness

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Francis Su - thumbnail

To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics

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Illustration: Dividing Droplets

Dividing Droplets Could Explain Life’s Origin

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Riley LeBlanc examines her brain.

Infant Brains Reveal How the Mind Gets Built

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