Quanta Magazine

 A new proof marks major progress toward solving the Kakeya conjecture, a deceptively simple question that underpins a tower of […]

 For decades, physicists have struggled to develop a quantum theory of gravity. But what if gravity — and space-time —

 Mathematicians can often figure out what happens as quantities grow infinitely large. What about when they are just a little

 Ana Caraiani and James Newton have extended an important result in number theory to the imaginary realm. The post Elliptic

 New research reveals how marine microbes use an extra membrane that once had digestive functions to boost their yield from

 Physicists finally know where at least some of these high-energy particles come from, which helps make the neutrinos useful for

 Astronomers have found a background din of exceptionally long-wavelength gravitational waves pervading the cosmos. The post An Enormous Gravity ‘Hum’

 Jellyfish and other aquatic creatures embody solutions to diverse problems in engineering, medicine and mathematics. John Dabiri, a fluid dynamics

 Transcendental numbers include famous examples like e and π, but it took mathematicians centuries to understand them. The post How

 New modeling work suggests why nature is more diverse than niche-based ecological theory predicts. The post The Key to Species