Quanta Magazine

 Quadratic reciprocity lurks around many corners in mathematics. By proving it, number theorists reimagined their whole field. The post The […]

 New research in social bats raises the intriguing possibility that evolution can reprogram the brain’s “place cells,” which are typically

 The discovery earlier this year of the “hat” tile marked the culmination of hundreds of years of work into tiles

 New work attacks a long-standing barrier to understanding how prime numbers are distributed. The post A New Generation of Mathematicians

 After identifying interlocking symmetries in mammalian cells, scientists can describe some tissues as liquid crystals — an observation that lays

 Alexei Efros has spent his career learning how machines see differently from humans. Now he’s helping to bridge the gap.

 A new analysis of ancient sediments fills a gap in the fossil record — revealing a massive dynasty of ancient

 What makes a quantum computer more powerful than a classical computer? It’s a surprisingly subtle question that physicists are still

 For decades, researchers have debated whether brain cells called astrocytes can signal like neurons. Researchers recently published the best evidence

 Shor’s algorithm will enable future quantum computers to factor large numbers quickly, undermining many online security protocols. Now a researcher