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Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe

By CHARLIE WOOD

The past and the future are tightly linked in conventional quantum mechanics. Perhaps too tightly. A tweak to the theory could let quantum possibilities increase as space expands.

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QUANTIZED ACADEMY

 

How Big Is Infinity?

By PATRICK HONNER

Of all the endless questions children and mathematicians have asked about infinity, one of the most fascinating has to do with its size.

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How Many Numbers Exist? Infinity Proof
Moves Math Closer to an Answer.

By Natalie Wolchover (2021)

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

 

Biologists Use Genetic Circuits to Program Plant Roots

By JOANNA THOMPSON

Synthetic biologists controlled the growth of plant roots for the first time.

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Related: 
Simple Gene Circuits Hint at How
Stem Cells Find New Identities

By Veronique Greenwood

QUANTIZED COLUMNS

 

What We Know About Monkeypox

By TARA C. SMITH

Even though we've learned a lot about this relative of smallpox, some mysteries remain due to a lack of political will.

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The Animal Origins
of Coronavirus and Flu

By Tara C. Smith

QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST

 

Researchers Achieve 'Absurdly Fast' Algorithm for Network Flow

Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT;
Story by ERICA KLARREICH

Computer scientists can now solve a decades-old problem in practically the time it takes to write it down.


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INSIGHTS PUZZLE

 

How Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhura Overcame Astronomical Odds

By PRADEEP MUTALIK

Readers rescued a Star Trek crew from a probabilistic predicament armed only with the power of mathematical reasoning.

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