COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY | ALL TOPICS

Quantum Scientists Have Built a New Math of Cryptography

By BEN BRUBAKER

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

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MICROBIOLOGY

The Cells That Breathe Two Ways

By JAKE BUEHLER

In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn't be able to do: It breathes oxygen and sulfur at the same time.

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EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS

AI Proposes Bizarre Physics Experiments.
But They Work.

By ANIL ANANTHASWAMY

Artificial intelligence software is designing novel protocols that improve upon the work of human physicists, although the humans are still "doing a lot of baby-sitting."

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THE JOY OF WHY

Why Did The Universe Begin?

Podcast co-hosted by JANNA LEVIN
and STEVEN STROGATZ

Thomas Hertog discusses his collaboration with Stephen Hawking on a provocative theory arguing that the laws of physics evolved with the universe, and how this could have shaped a cosmos fit for life.

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THE QUANTA PODCAST

Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order?

Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL
With JORDANA CEPELEWICZ

New work on the nature of infinity showcases how the world of set theory often exists in a realm beyond mathematical proof.

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