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A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost
Thomas Royen, a retired German statistician, found a long-sought proof that links geometry, probability theory and statistics. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is Redwood Trail by Jason Shaw.
A New Blast May Have Forged Cosmic Gold
Did space-rippling collisions of neutron stars create the universe's supply of gold and other heavy metals? Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by Kevin MacLeod.
Why Did Life Move to Land? For the View
The ancient creatures who first crawled onto land may have been lured by the informational benefit that comes from seeing through air. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
New Number Systems Seek Their Lost Primes
For centuries, mathematicians tried to solve problems by adding new values to the usual numbers. Now they're investigating the unintended consequences of that tinkering. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Researchers Tap a Sleep Switch in the Brain
Powerful new experiments have uncovered some of the molecular underpinnings of sleep. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Experiment Reaffirms Quantum Weirdness
Physicists are closing the door on an intriguing loophole around the quantum phenomenon Einstein called "spooky action at a distance." Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics
The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Dividing Droplets Could Explain Life’s Origin
Researchers have discovered that simple "chemically active" droplets grow to the size of cells and spontaneously divide, suggesting they might have evolved into the first living cells. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Infant Brains Reveal How the Mind Gets Built
Is the brain a blank slate, or is it wired from birth to understand the world? An ambitious new study put infants into an MRI machine to reveal a neural organization similar to that of adults. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
3-D Fractals Offer Clues to Complex Systems
By folding fractals into 3-D objects, a mathematical duo hopes to gain new insight into simple equations. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.