Quanta Science Podcast

Listen to Quanta Magazine's in-depth news stories about developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences. Quanta, an editorially independent magazine published by the Simons Foundation, seeks to enhance public understanding of basic research. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. You've learned from Quanta. Now we want to learn from you! Quanta is conducting a series of surveys to better serve our audience. Take our podcast listener survey and you will be entered to win a free Quanta book, t-shirt or tote bag: quantamag.typeform.com/podcast

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 19m. Bisher sind 238 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle zwei Wochen gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 7 hours 22 minutes

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Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory


Physics is a rich well of inspiration for mathematicians to draw from.


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Tiny Language Models Come of Age


Using large language models to generate training data for smaller models might be more effective than vacuuming up text from the internet and filtering out the garbage.


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Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit


Astronomers have long known of rogue worlds - cosmic loners that drift through space, untethered to a star. Now JWST is spotting them in pairs.


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 February 21, 2024  21m
 
 

What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells


We're all used to hearing about mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell. It turns out that they are also the timekeepers.


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 February 7, 2024  23m
 
 

An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated


Many discoveries in mathematics make things simpler, but a recent disproof instead creates a universe of new, complicated possibilities.


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 January 24, 2024  16m
 
 

Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve


Biologists have discovered that even one of the weakest, simplest self-replicating organisms on the planet can evolve.


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 January 10, 2024  15m
 
 

Selfish, Virus-Like DNA Can Carry Genes Between Species


Genetic elements known as "Mavericks" may be responsible for transferring genes between different species throughout the history of life.


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 December 20, 2023  13m
 
 

Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism


Earth has a magnetic field, but Venus, Earth's sister planet, doesn't. Why does one rocky planet have a magnetic field while the other does not?


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 December 6, 2023  12m
 
 

To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Past


If you've ever entered a room, and then completely forgotten how you got there, you may have something in common with a quantum computer.


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 November 21, 2023  15m
 
 

Underground Cells Make 'Dark Oxygen' Without Light


In the groundwaters beneath Alberta, Canada, researchers have found microbes that can produce abundant oxygen, even in the absence of light.


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 November 8, 2023  13m