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Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser ASTROPHYSICS | ALL TOPICS   A Single, 'Naked' Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe By CHARLIE WOOD The James Webb Space Telescope has found a lonely black hole in the early universe that's as heavy as 50 million suns. A major discovery, the object confounds theories of the young cosmos. Read the article ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE   Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of 'Game of Life' By GEORGE MUSSER In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules. Read the article ORIGINS OF LIFE   Tiny Tubes Reveal Clues to the Evolution of Complex Life By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD Scientists have identified tubulin structures in primitive Asgard archea that may have been the precursor of our own cellular skeletons. Read the article THE QUANTA PODCAST   How a 17-Year-Old Solved a Major Math Mystery Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL with JORDANA CEPELEWICZ A new proof written by a homeschooled teenager defies mathematicians' usual intuitions about what functions can and cannot do. Listen (Apple) | Listen (Spotify) Read the article Follow Quanta Unsubscribe | About Quanta | My Bookmarks Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2025 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010