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Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser NUMBER THEORY | ALL TOPICS   Elliptic Curve 'Murmurations' Found With AI Take Flight By LYNDIE CHIOU Mathematicians are working to fully explain unusual behaviors uncovered using artificial intelligence. Read the article ALGORITHMS   New Breakthrough Brings Matrix Multiplication Closer to Ideal By STEVE NADIS By eliminating a hidden inefficiency, computer scientists have come up with a new way to multiply large matrices that's faster than ever. Read the article Related:  Matrix Multiplication Inches Closer to Mythic Goal By Kevin Hartnett (2021) EVOLUTION   Cellular Self-Destruction May Be Ancient. But Why? By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD How did cells evolve a process to end their own lives? Recent research suggests that apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, first arose billions of years ago in bacteria with a primitive sociality. Read the article Related:  Cellular Life, Death and Everything in Between By Elizabeth Svoboda (2019) COSMOLOGY   Fresh X-Rays Reveal a Universe as Clumpy as Cosmology Predicts By LIZ KRUESI By mapping the largest structures in the universe, cosmologists have found that a cosmic anomaly appears to be fading away. Read the blog QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST   Tiny Language Models Come of Age By BEN BRUBAKER; Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler versions on synthetic children's stories. Listen to the podcast   Follow Quanta Unsubscribe | About Quanta | My Bookmarks Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2024 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010