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- A student’s desire to get out of a exam led to a compression algorithm https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-lossless-data-compression-works-20230531 127 comments
- From working at Subway to one of the greatest mathematicians (2015) https://www.quantamagazine.org/yitang-zhang-and-the-mystery-of-numbers-20150402 5 comments
- Any single galaxy reveals the composition of an entire universe https://www.quantamagazine.org/with-one-galaxy-ai-defines-a-whole-simulated-universe-20220120/ 18 comments
- Neural Noise Shows the Uncertainty of Our Memories https://www.quantamagazine.org/neural-noise-shows-the-uncertainty-of-our-memories-20220118/ 10 comments
- Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-outwit-hidden-number-conspiracy-20220103/ 23 comments
- Muon G-2 Experiment at Fermilab Finds Hint of New Particles https://www.quantamagazine.org/muon-g-2-experiment-at-fermilab-finds-hint-of-new-particles-20210407 61 comments
- Simple Bacteria Offer Clues to the Origins of Photosynthesis https://www.quantamagazine.org/simple-bacteria-offer-clues-to-the-origins-of-photosynthesis-20171017/ 4 comments
- Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to Be Instantaneous, Take Time https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-leaps-long-assumed-to-be-instantaneous-take-time-20190605/ 95 comments
- New Number Systems Seek Their Lost Primes https://www.quantamagazine.org/ideal-numbers-seek-their-lost-primes-20170302 20 comments
- Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law https://www.quantamagazine.org/choosy-eggs-may-pick-sperm-for-their-genes-defying-mendels-law-20171115/ 55 comments
- Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious https://www.quantamagazine.org/clever-machines-learn-how-to-be-curious-20170919/ 11 comments
- Hacker-Proof Code Confirmed https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160920-formal-verification-creates-hacker-proof-code/ 97 comments
- Theorists Draw Closer to Perfect Coloring https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151020-perfect-graph-coloring/ 7 comments
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- Decoding the Remarkable Algorithms of Ants https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150625-decoding-the-remarkable-algorithms-of-ants/ 6 comments compsci , networking , science
- Cryptographers Devise an Approach for Total Search Privacy | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/cryptographers-devise-an-approach-for-total-search-privacy-20231106/ 4 comments crypto
- New Codes Could Make Quantum Computing 10 Times More Efficient https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-codes-could-make-quantum-computing-10-times-more-efficient-20230825/ 25 comments technology
- Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-create-a-wormhole-using-a-quantum-computer-20221130/ 130 comments science
- A Numerical Mystery From the 19th Century Finally Gets Solved | Quanta Magazine | Two mathematicians have proven Patterson’s conjecture, which was designed to explain a strange pattern in sums involving prime numbers. https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-numerical-mystery-from-the-19th-century-finally-gets-solved-20220815/ 17 comments math
- Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy | In the days after the mega-telescope started delivering data, astronomers reported exciting new discoveries about galaxies, stars, exoplanets and even Jupiter. https://www.quantamagazine.org/two-weeks-in-the-webb-space-telescope-is-reshaping-astronomy-20220725/ 19 comments space
- Researchers Defeat Randomness to Create Ideal Code https://www.quantamagazine.org/researchers-defeat-randomness-to-create-ideal-code-20211124/ 8 comments compsci
- The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-new-science-of-clocks-prompts-questions-about-the-nature-of-time-20210831/ 3 comments technology
- Mathematicians Explore Mirror Link Between Two Geometric Worlds https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-explore-mirror-link-between-two-geometric-worlds-20180409/ 9 comments programming
- How Gravity Is a Double Copy of Other Forces. An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore gravity’s quantum side. https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-gravity-is-a-double-copy-of-other-forces-20210504/ 6 comments space
- How the Slowest Computer Programs Illuminate Math’s Fundamental Limits https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-busy-beaver-game-illuminates-the-fundamental-limits-of-math-20201210 2 comments coding
- The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined https://www.quantamagazine.org/gamma-ray-data-reveal-surprises-about-the-sun-20190501/ 5 comments space
- What Shape Is the Universe? A New Study Suggests We’ve Got It All Wrong https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-shape-is-the-universe-closed-or-flat-20191104 497 comments technews
- By chopping up large numbers into smaller ones, researchers at the French National Center for Scientific Research have rewritten a fundamental mathematical speed limit. https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-discover-the-perfect-way-to-multiply-20190411/ 6 comments science
- Sum-of-Three-Cubes Problem Solved for ‘Stubborn’ Number 33 | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/sum-of-three-cubes-problem-solved-for-stubborn-number-33-20190326/ 10 comments math
- The (Imaginary) Numbers at the Edge of Reality | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-imaginary-numbers-at-the-edge-of-reality-20181025/ 3 comments math
- Physicists Uncover Geometric ‘Theory Space’: A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories. https://www.quantamagazine.org/using-the-bootstrap-physicists-uncover-geometry-of-theory-space-20170223/ 4 comments math
- Newfound Wormhole Allows Information to Escape Black Holes | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/newfound-wormhole-allows-information-to-escape-black-holes-20171023/ 51 comments science
- Mathematicians Measure Infinities and Find They’re Equal https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-measure-infinities-find-theyre-equal-20170912/ 11 comments nottheonion
- Marjorie Rice, Housewife and Pentagon tiling expert, Dies at 94 https://www.quantamagazine.org/marjorie-rices-secret-pentagons-20170711/ 5 comments math
- Genetic Engineering to Clash With Evolution | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160908-gene-drives-and-evolution/ 3 comments science
- The Mathematical Shape of Things to Come https://www.quantamagazine.org/20131004-the-mathematical-shape-of-things-to-come/ 4 comments programming
- A potent theory has emerged explaining a mysterious statistical law that arises throughout physics and mathematics. https://www.quantamagazine.org/20141015-at-the-far-ends-of-a-new-universal-law/ 9 comments science
- The Physical Origin of Universal Computing https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151027-the-physical-origin-of-universal-computing/ 4 comments compsci
- The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151006-plague-genetic-history/ 3 comments science
- What does card shuffling have to do with fluid dynamics? https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150414-for-persi-diaconis-next-magic-trick/ 8 comments math
- Is nature inherently probabilistic or is there a concrete quantum reality? https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140624-fluid-tests-hint-at-concrete-quantum-reality/ 162 comments philosophy