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Is AI the End of Math As We Know It?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/
Published: October 5, 2026 13:40
Mathematicians are facing the sudden shift with grief, anger, and a desperate search for fresh ideas: āIf we donāt adapt, thereās just no more math in 50 years.ā The post Is AI the End of Math As We Know It? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence
https://www.quantamagazine.org/sea-monkeys-show-scientists-how-to-rewrite-a-rule-of-turbulence-20261002/
Published: October 2, 2026 14:45
Scientists assumed that energy flows in only one direction in a turbulent system. What they didnāt know, until they looked closely at brine shrimp, was that a simple factor can reverse the flow. The post Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How Toā¦
What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-does-the-fourth-dimension-actually-look-like-20261001/
Published: October 1, 2026 13:20
Maggie Miller explains why our intuition about three dimensions breaks down in four, and how she visualizes 4D spaces as a reel of three-dimensional snapshots. The post What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like? first appeared on Quantaā¦
Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brainās Inner Workings
https://www.quantamagazine.org/surprisingly-complex-waves-reveal-the-brains-inner-workings-20260930/
Published: September 30, 2026 14:52
Unexpected patterns traveling across the human brain may be reorganizing its activity in real time. The post Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brainās Inner Workings first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-harness-randomness-to-crack-a-55-year-old-conjecture-20260928/
Published: September 28, 2026 14:35
After a long hiatus, the problem, which was likely inspired by juggling, has finally been resolved by a group of young mathematicians. The post Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/gravity-seems-holographic-what-does-that-mean-for-reality-20260925/
Published: September 25, 2026 14:40
The biggest breakthrough in modern theoretical physics is the discovery that gravity can collapse the dimensions of space. Physicists donāt yet understand the implications. The post Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality?ā¦
Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
https://www.quantamagazine.org/biology-might-not-be-quantum-but-its-math-is-quantumlike-20260923/
Published: September 23, 2026 14:16
Scientists have a history of trying ā and failing ā to link biology and quantum mechanics. The real connection between them may be in the math. The post Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike first appeared on Quanta Magazine
How Virus-like āJumping Genesā Became Our Partners in Evolution
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-virus-like-jumping-genes-became-our-partners-in-evolution-20260921/
Published: September 21, 2026 14:12
Half of our genome is made of transposons ā snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But theyāre more than parasites or genetic junk. The post How Virus-like āJumping Genesā Became Our Partners in Evolution first appeared on Quantaā¦
Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-build-long-awaited-graph-sandwich-20260918/
Published: September 18, 2026 13:55
The proof of a decades-old conjecture has given researchers a new way to understand complex networks. The post Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-does-the-quantum-world-end-and-ours-begin-20260917/
Published: September 17, 2026 15:09
Jonathan Halliwell explains how quantum decoherence is key to understanding how we transition from a world with a wave-like nature of matter and energy to the classical macroscopic world that weāre used to. The post Where Does the Quantum Worldā¦