AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert

How sharks scale like geometric objects; An interview with Carlo Rovelli; A biography of Earth across the age of animals on The Quanta Podcast

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ALL TOPICS   In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert By STEVE NADIS If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained "metalinguistic" abilities? Read the article   ZOOLOGY   Shark Data Suggests Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects By JOANNA THOMPSON Despite their wide variety of sizes, niches and shapes, sharks scale geometrically, pointing to possible fundamental constraints on evolution. Read the article ZOOLOGY   Carlo Rovelli: 'Time Is an Illusion' Video By EMILY BUDER Physicist Carlo Rovelli reveals how modern physics, from relativity to quantum gravity, has gradually erased time from its equations. Watch the video Q&A   Carlo Rovelli's Radical Perspective on Reality By ZACK SAVITSKY The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time. Read the interview THE QUANTA PODCAST   A Biography of Earth Across the Age of Animals Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL with PETER BRANNEN Host Samir Patel speaks with contributing writer Peter Brannen about our planetary highs and lows, and the precarious goldilocks zone our animal-filled finds itself in now. 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