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

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This Animal’s Behavior Is Mechanically Programmed

A grid of 66 galaxies.

Tiny Galaxies Reveal Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes

A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws

New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory

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Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup

An artist’s 3D illustration of chromosomes splitting and fusing together.

Secrets of Early Animal Evolution Revealed by Chromosome ‘Tectonics’

A Solution to the Faint-Sun Paradox Reveals a Narrow Window for Life

Illustration of COVID-19 virus particles rolling across a 3D landscape.

Evolution ‘Landscapes’ Predict What’s Next for COVID Virus

Photo of a flying fish gliding over the open water.

Flying Fish and Aquarium Pets Yield Secrets of Evolution

An illustration of a flashlight whose beam illuminates graphs and numbers.

Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy

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Mathematician Hurls Structure and Disorder Into Century-Old Problem

Researchers Defeat Randomness to Create Ideal Code

An illustration that shows words and music from an opera singer going into a listener’s brain.

The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds

An illustration of a cell sitting atop a circuit diagram.

Biologists Rethink the Logic Behind Cells’ Molecular Signals

A 3D model showing red plumes in the mantle.

A Massive Subterranean ‘Tree’ Is Moving Magma to Earth’s Surface

One Lab’s Quest to Build Space-Time Out of Quantum Particles