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Quanta Magazine | Science and Math News

Illuminating mathematics, physics, biology and computer science research through public service journalism.

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Most recent posts

The Mystery of the Missing Multicellular Prokaryotes
Every organism visible to the naked eye is a mass of genetically identical cells. Each of these multicellular creatures started as a single cell that divided countless times to produce its body. And while each …
On , by Veronique Greenwood, 75 words
Scientists Find a Fast Way to Describe Quantum Systems
Physicists have done a remarkable job explaining the chaos of the universe with well-behaved equations, but certain situations remain mysterious. Among these are collections of many tiny particles — they can be atoms, electrons, anything …
On , by Lakshmi Chandrasekaran, 66 words
To Pack Spheres Tightly, Mathematicians Throw Them at Random
Mathematicians like to generalize concepts into higher dimensions. Sometimes this is easy. If you want to efficiently pack squares in two dimensions, you arrange them like a checkerboard. To squeeze together three-dimensional cubes, you stack …
On , by Kelsey Houston-Edwards, 64 words