MEMORY | ALL TOPICS

Concept Cells Help Your Brain Abstract Information and Build Memories

By YASEMIN SAPLAKOGLU

Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as "Jennifer Aniston cells," help us think, imagine and remember episodes from our lives.

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EXPLAINERS

The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus

By SOLOMON ADAMS

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a function that was decried as a "deplorable evil." In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

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ALGORITHMS

New Book-Sorting Algorithm Almost Reaches Perfection

By STEVE NADIS

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.

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QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST

Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement

Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT
Story by BEN BRUBAKER

While devising a new quantum algorithm, four researchers accidentally established a hard limit on the "spooky" phenomenon.

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