What if gravity works differently at different scales? Hear the theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham explain her theory of “massive gravity” on “The Joy of Why,” co-hosted by Janna Levin. listen.quantamagazine.org/jow-316-s Or read the transcript ⬇️ quantamagazine.org/do-we-need-a-n…

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has mapped out an astounding 6.4 million galaxies. With this data, physicists study how quickly the universe has expanded throughout its history. quantamagazine.org/waning-dark-en…

Biochemist Jane Richardson’s innovative ribbon model created a reproducible method of representing the folds of a protein’s amino acid backbone without getting bogged down in the details of specific atomic arrangements. quantamagazine.org/how-colorful-r…

A single nerve branches like a highway from your brain through special holes in your skull and out to many of your important organs. quantamagazine.org/how-our-longes…

A smorgasbord of neurological and psychological disorders including migraine, tinnitus, obesity, pain, drug addiction could be treated by stimulating a single nerve. quantamagazine.org/how-our-longes…

In an article adapted from his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea," the physicist Matt Strassler describes how the Higgs field tunes the “quantum musical instrument” that is our universe. quantamagazine.org/how-the-higgs-…

Gravity is the omnipresent puppeteer, patiently tugging on everything in the universe. What might that pull look like at the particle level? Listen to “The Joy of Why,” a Quanta podcast co-hosted by Janna Levin. listen.quantamagazine.org/jow-316-s Or read the transcript:

The mathematician Daniel Litt (Daniel Litt) studies algebraic geometry and number theory, but has lately been drawn to probability theory. “There’s something counterintuitive about the fact that a random choice can give you information.” quantamagazine.org/perplexing-the…

Those who might attempt to preserve their mind by uploading its data into a computer miss a critical point: The body is essential to the mind. quantamagazine.org/how-our-longes…

Physicists often compare the Higgs field to molasses that slows the particles passing through it, giving them mass in the process. The truth is more complicated, but also more elegant. quantamagazine.org/how-the-higgs-…

“In 2020, when the pandemic started, I was very lonely, so I started talking about math on Twitter. The social media landscape has changed a lot in the last few years, but it’s still very nice to chat with random people about one of my favorite subjects.” quantamagazine.org/perplexing-the…

The theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham studies frontiers of gravity that go beyond the work of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Learn more on the newest episode of “The Joy of Why.” listen.quantamagazine.org/jow-316-s Or read the transcript ⬇️ quantamagazine.org/do-we-need-a-n…

Isaac Newton’s laws of motion, quantum mechanics, Albert Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity — they’re all just pieces of a bigger story that quantum field theory wants to tell. quantamagazine.org/the-mystery-at…

Thorium-229 is special. Discovered in 1976 in a tank of radioactive waste, the isotope has a mysterious nuclear state that can be excited with far less energy than usual. Thorium-229 can be used to test the constancy of nature’s fundamental forces. quantamagazine.org/the-first-nucl…

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Group theory helped transform mathematics from the study of numbers into a more abstract enterprise. Leila Sloman explains what makes groups so powerful: quantamagazine.org/groups-underpi…