Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology.

The Quanta Podcast is your weekly dispatch from the frontiers of science and mathematics. As editor in chief of the magazine, every day I am blown away by the passion and knowledge of our writers and ...

The rise of artificial intelligence has sent a profound shockwave through science and mathematics. Though it started as a research tool, AI has become something more like a partner in creativity, a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu got a birthday present that would change her life—and, potentially, the way we study physics. Her ...

For most of us, the word “climate” immediately generates thoughts of melting ice, rising seas, wildfires and gathering storms. However, while studying the pressing challenge of climate change, ...

A brilliant teen who honed her skills during the COVID-19 pandemic has solved one of math's most mysterious problems — and in doing so, become a rising star. As Quanta magazine reports, fledgling ...

John Kounios, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a Quanta Magazine article on Nov. 6 about how your brain creates “aha” moments and why they stick.

(via Quanta Magazine) Researchers Robert Hazen and Michael Wong have put forward a bold new law of nature — one that could explain how everything in the universe evolves, from atoms, minerals and ...