A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is ...

After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture.

Quanta’s award-winning coverage of computational complexity, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, cryptography and more.

Charlie Wood is a staff writer covering physics at Quanta Magazine. His articles about advances in the physical sciences both on and off the planet have appeared in Popular Science… ...

In 1891, when the German biologist Hans Driesch split two-cell sea urchin embryos in half, he found that each of the separated cells then gave rise to its own complete, albeit smaller, larva. Somehow, ...

Edward Witten reflects on the meaning of dualities in physics and math, emergent space-time, and the pursuit of a complete description of nature.

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore ...

An exploration of how artificial intelligence is changing what it means to do science and math, and what it means to be a scientist.