Quanta Magazine
Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. Launched by @SimonsFdn.
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The Born Rule Has Been Derived From Simple Physical Principles
The new work promises to give researchers a better grip on the core mystery of quantum mechanics.
How the Brain Creates a Timeline of the Past
The brain can’t directly encode the passage of time, but recent work hints at a workaround for putting timestamps on memories of events.
Smaller Is Better: Why Finite Number Systems Pack More Punch
Recent progress on the “sum product” problem recalls a celebrated mathematical result that revealed the power of miniature number systems.
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Artificial Intelligence Finds Ancient ‘Ghosts’ in Modern DNA
With the help of deep learning techniques, paleoanthropologists find evidence of long-lost branches on the human family tree.
