How Noether's Theorem Revolutionized Physics

By SHALMA WEGSMAN

Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights continue to shape physics.

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NUMBER THEORY

New Proofs Probe the Limits of Mathematical Truth

By JOSEPH HOWLETT

By proving a broader version of Hilbert's famous 10th problem, two groups of mathematicians have expanded the realm of mathematical unknowability.

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GENOMICS

The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA

By INGRID WICKELGREN

By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie's "ChatGPT for genomes" could pick up patterns that humans can't see, accelerating biological design.

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NEUROSCIENCE | YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Why Some People Don't 'See' Mental Imagery: Aphantasia

Video by CHRISTOPHER W. YOUNG; Story by YASEMIN SAPLAKOGLU

An estimated 1 to 4% of people have aphantasia, a condition where they don't experience mental imagery or a 'mind's eye.' Neuroscience research into people with aphantasia is now revealing how imagination works and demonstrating the sweeping variety in our subjective experiences.
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QUANTA SCIENCE PODCAST

The Cellular Secret to Resisting the Pressure of the Deep Sea

Podcast hosted by JANNA LEVIN
Story by YASEMIN SAPLAKOGLU

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under pressure.

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