Plus: How 'Embeddings' Encode What Words Mean; Mathematicians Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser CELLULAR COMMUNICATION | ALL TOPICS   Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange 'Text Messages' Using RNA By ANNIE MELCHOR Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life's molecular communication system — even between organisms widely separated by evolution. Read the article MACHINE LEARNING   How 'Embeddings' Encode What Words Mean — Sort Of By JOHN PAVLUS Machines work with words by using a decades-old process that embeds their meaning and relationships with other words in a string of numbers. Read the explainer GEOMETRY   Mathematicians Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem By GREGORY BARBER Mathematicians have long wondered how "shapes of constant width" behave in higher dimensions. A surprisingly simple shape has given them the answer. Read the article QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST   Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT; Story by CHARLIE WOOD The largest map of the cosmos to date hints that dark energy has been changing over billions of years. Listen to the podcast Read the article 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