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Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious
Computer scientists are finding ways to code curiosity into intelligent machines.
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Mathematicians Tame Rogue Waves, Lighting Up Future of LEDs
Mathematicians have figured out how to predict the behavior of electrons. It's a mathematical discovery that could have immediate practical effects. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Susan Valot with bells from Freesound.org, including itsallhappening.
Interspecies Hybrids Play a Vital Role in Evolution
Hybrids, once treated as biological misfits, have been the secret saviors of many animal species in trouble. Reconciling that truth with conservation policies poses a challenge for science. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Silent Partner.
What Made the Moon? New Ideas Try to Rescue a Troubled Theory
Textbooks will tell you the moon formed when a Mars-sized mass smashed into the Earth. But new research has scientists dreaming new ways our silvery sister could have formed. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by John Deley and the 41 Players.
In Game Theory, No Clear Path to Equilibrium
John Nash's ideas about equilibrium are widespread in economic theory, but a new study shows they're not always realistic. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem
A French mathematician has completed the classification of all convex pentagons. Now mathematicians know all the convex polygons that can tile a plane. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
Can Microbes Encourage Altruism?
Parasites skillfully manipulate their hosts, but could they be responsible for altruistic behaviors some animals show towards their own kind? Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid
Dark matter seems to act differently at different scales. Two physicists propose one possible explanation may be that dark matter sometimes condenses into a superfluid. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
A Puzzle of Clever Connections Nears a Happy End
Three young friends became some of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century - but they never solved their own puzzle. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by John Deley and the 41 Players.
The Thoughts of a Spiderweb
Spiders appear to offload cognitive tasks to their webs, making them one of a number of species with a mind that isn't fully confined within the head. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Kevin MacLeod.