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Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser COMPLEX SYSTEMS | ALL TOPICS   The New Math of How Large-Scale Order Emerges By PHILIP BALL The puzzle of emergence asks how regularities emerge on macro scales out of uncountable constituent parts. A new framework has researchers hopeful that a solution is near. Read the article IMMUNOLOGY   The Brainstem Fine-Tunes Inflammation Throughout the Body By ESTHER LANDHUIS The evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rate also regulates the immune system — a discovery about the brain-body axis made by experts on taste. Read the article QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST   Extra-Long Blasts Challenge Our Theories of Cosmic Cataclysms Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT; Story by CHARLIE WOOD There are two known types of gamma-ray bursts: short ones and long ones. Recent observations are forcing astronomers to rethink their best theories of what might cause them. Listen to the podcast Read the article ESSAYS   Computation Is All Around Us, and You Can See It if You Try By LANCE FORTNOW Computer scientist Lance Fortnow writes that by embracing the computations that surround us, we can begin to understand and tame our seemingly random world. Read the essay 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