How Terry Tao became an evangelist for AI in math

Why we don’t know how Earth got its oceans; The strange origin story of photosynthesis; New Joy of Why episode; New episode of The Quanta Podcast

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser COMPUTER-ASSISTED PROOFS | ALL TOPICS   How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math By KEVIN HARTNETT With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, including Tao, this heralds a new area in mathematical research. Read the article EARTH SCIENCE   Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself. By ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS At first, scientists thought Earth's water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth's water is homegrown. Read the article EVOLUTION   An Early Step on the Long, Strange Road to Photosynthesis By CARRIE ARNOLD An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process that turns light into life. Read the article THE JOY OF WHY   What's the Future of Gene Editing? Podcast hosted by STEVEN STROGATZ and JANNA LEVIN Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna discusses how she discovered CRISPR's genome-editing power, the breakthroughs and hurdles during its explosive growth, and what lies ahead for this groundbreaking technology. Listen (Apple) | Listen (Spotify) Read the transcript THE QUANTA PODCAST   Ecotypes Make the Idea of a Species Even Fuzzier Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL with MARLOWE STARLING How do you define a species? The question has been controversial since the days of Darwin. Listen (Apple) | Listen (Spotify) Read the article Follow Quanta Unsubscribe | About Quanta | My Bookmarks Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2025 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010

Day in Review: NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California’s High Desert

The discovery of topaz on a volcanic outcrop in the Mojave Desert may hint at a porphyry copper deposit below. 

Missions __ News __ Galleries __ Events June 11, 2026 Earth NASA, USGS Scientists Go Rock Hounding in California’s High Desert The discovery of topaz on a volcanic outcrop in the Mojave Desert may hint at a porphyry copper deposit below. Full Story and Images

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