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‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
https://www.quantamagazine.org/once-in-a-century-proof-settles-maths-kakeya-conjecture-20250314/
Published: March 14, 2025 13:57
The deceptively simple Kakeya conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for 50 years. A new proof of the conjecture in three dimensions illuminates a whole crop of related problems. The post ‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya…
New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of Why’
Published: March 13, 2025 14:48
Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin return for a new season on major scientific and mathematical questions of our time, with 12 all-new episodes and a new format. The post New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of…
The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’
Published: March 12, 2025 14:25
Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know where to look — and that means figuring out which planets are likely to have atmospheres in the first place. The post The…
Why Do Researchers Care About Small Language Models?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-researchers-care-about-small-language-models-20250310/
Published: March 10, 2025 13:35
Larger models can pull off greater feats, but the accessibility and efficiency of smaller models make them attractive tools. The post Why Do Researchers Care About Small Language Models? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
‘Next-Level’ Chaos Traces the True Limit of Predictability
https://www.quantamagazine.org/next-level-chaos-traces-the-true-limit-of-predictability-20250307/
Published: March 7, 2025 14:41
In math and computer science, researchers have long understood that some questions are fundamentally unanswerable. Now physicists are exploring how even ordinary physical systems put hard limits on what we can predict, even in principle. The…
A New, Chemical View of Ecosystems
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-chemical-view-of-ecosystems-20250305/
Published: March 5, 2025 15:15
Rare and powerful compounds, known as keystone molecules, can build a web of invisible interactions among species. The post A New, Chemical View of Ecosystems first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Years After the Early Death of a Math Genius, Her Ideas Gain New Life
Published: March 3, 2025 15:33
A new proof extends the work of the late Maryam Mirzakhani, cementing her legacy as a pioneer of alien mathematical realms. The post Years After the Early Death of a Math Genius, Her Ideas Gain New Life first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The Physicist Working to Build Science-Literate AI
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physicist-working-to-build-science-literate-ai-20250228/
Published: February 28, 2025 15:00
By training machine learning models with enough examples of basic science, Miles Cranmer hopes to push the pace of scientific discovery forward. The post The Physicist Working to Build Science-Literate AI first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The ‘Elegant’ Math Model That Could Help Rescue Coral Reefs
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-elegant-math-model-that-could-help-rescue-coral-reefs-20250226/
Published: February 26, 2025 15:51
Physicists and marine biologists built a quantitative framework that predicts how coral polyps collectively construct a variety of coral shapes. The post The ‘Elegant’ Math Model That Could Help Rescue Coral Reefs first appeared on Quanta…
New Maps of the Bizarre, Chaotic Space-Time Inside Black Holes
Published: February 24, 2025 15:32
Physicists hope that understanding the churning region near singularities might help them reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics. The post New Maps of the Bizarre, Chaotic Space-Time Inside Black Holes first appeared on Quanta Magazine