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Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser QUANTUM GRAVITY | ALL TOPICS   It Might Be Possible to Detect Gravitons After All By CHARLIE WOOD A new experimental proposal suggests detecting a particle of gravity is far easier than anyone imagined. Now physicists are debating what it would really prove. Read the article GRAPH THEORY   Math's 'Bunkbed Conjecture' Has Been Debunked By JOSEPH HOWLETT An assumption about graph navigation was intuitive, even obvious. It turns out that it was also wrong. Read the article EXPLAINERS   Meet the Eukaryote, the First Cell to Get Organized By MOLLY HERRING Recent discoveries are revealing how modern multicellular life got its knack for compartmentalization. Read the article QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST   Electric 'Ripples' in the Resting Brain Tag Memories for Storage Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT; Story by YASEMIN SAPLAKOGLU New experiments reveal how the brain chooses which memories to save. 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