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Are Strings Still Our Best Hope for a Theory of Everything?

By NATALIE WOLCHOVER

Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the "forever war" over whether string theory can describe the world.

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FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS

In Math, Rigor Is Vital. But Are Digitized Proofs Taking It Too Far?

By LEILA SLOMAN

The quest to make mathematics rigorous has a long and spotty history — one mathematicians can learn from as they push to formalize everything in the computer program Lean.

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GEOPHYSICS

When Coupled Volcanoes Talk, These Researchers Listen

By ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS

Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travels between connected volcanoes, in an effort that could lead to improved eruption forecasts.

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How Writing Changes Mathematical Thought

By JOHN PAVLUS

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology.

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THE QUANTA PODCAST

Uniting a Century of Digital and Analog Astronomy

Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL
with LIZ KRUESI

Around the world, glass photographic plates from old telescopes are at risk. On them lies a history of our ever-changing cosmos.

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Day in Review: NASA-ISRO Satellite Captures Pacific Northwest Through Clouds

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March 25, 2026

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NASA-ISRO Satellite Captures Pacific Northwest Through Clouds

Seattle, Portland, Mount Ranier, and Mount Saint Helens are captured in new imagery from NISAR, the most powerful radar system ever launched by NASA or ISRO. Full Story and Images