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    Quanta Science Podcast

    Quanta Science Podcast

    Quanta Science Podcast

    ratings:
    Length:
    234 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, physics, biology and computer science.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 234 episodes

    Title

    Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better

    The discovery that the brain has different systems for representing small and large num...

    21 minutes
    		Apr 17, 2024

    Inside Scientists' Life-Saving Prediction of the Iceland Eruption

    The Reykjanes Peninsula has entered a new volcanic era. Innovative efforts to map and m...

    22 minutes
    		Apr 03, 2024

    Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory

    A new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link akin to the connec...

    20 minutes
    		Mar 20, 2024

    Tiny Language Models Come of Age

    To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained...

    20 minutes
    		Mar 06, 2024

    Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit

    Scientists have recently discovered scores of free-floating worlds that defy classifica...

    21 minutes
    		Feb 21, 2024

    What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells

    Every species develops at its own unique tempo, leaving scientists to wonder what gover...

    23 minutes
    		Feb 07, 2024

    An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated

    The telescope conjecture gave mathematicians a handle on ways to map one sphere to anot...

    16 minutes
    		Jan 24, 2024

    Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve

    By watching “minimal” cells regain the fitness they lost, researchers are testing wheth...

    15 minutes
    		Jan 10, 2024

    Selfish, Virus-Like DNA Can Carry Genes Between Species

    Genetic elements called Mavericks that have some viral features could be responsible fo...

    13 minutes
    		Dec 20, 2023

    Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism

    New observations of a faraway rocky world that might have its own magnetic field could ...

    12 minutes
    		Dec 06, 2023