Quanta Science Podcast
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- Duración: 77:40:06
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Sinopsis
In-depth news about mathematics, physics, biology and computer science.
Episodios
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Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better
17/04/2024 Duración: 21minThe discovery that the brain has different systems for representing small and large numbers provokes new questions about memory, attention and mathematics. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Quasi Motion” by Kevin MacLeod.
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Inside Scientists' Life-Saving Prediction of the Iceland Eruption
03/04/2024 Duración: 22minThe Reykjanes Peninsula has entered a new volcanic era. Innovative efforts to map and monitor the subterranean magma are saving lives. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Fire Water” by Saidbysed.
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Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory
20/03/2024 Duración: 20minA new magnum opus posits the existence of a hidden mathematical link akin to the connection between electricity and magnetism. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Clover 3” by Vibe Mountain.
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Tiny Language Models Come of Age
06/03/2024 Duración: 20minTo better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler versions on synthetic children’s stories. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Thought Bot” by Audionautix.
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Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit
21/02/2024 Duración: 21minScientists have recently discovered scores of free-floating worlds that defy classification. The new observations have forced them to rethink their theories of star and planet formation. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Light Gazing” by Andrew Langdon.
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What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells
07/02/2024 Duración: 23minEvery species develops at its own unique tempo, leaving scientists to wonder what governs their timing. A suite of new findings suggests that cells use basic metabolic processes as clocks. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Pulse” by Geographer.
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An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated
24/01/2024 Duración: 16minThe telescope conjecture gave mathematicians a handle on ways to map one sphere to another. Now that it has been disproved, the universe of shapes has exploded. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Slow Burn” by Kevin MacLeod.
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Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve
10/01/2024 Duración: 15minBy watching “minimal” cells regain the fitness they lost, researchers are testing whether a genome can be too simple to evolve. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Hidden Agenda” by Kevin MacLeod.
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Selfish, Virus-Like DNA Can Carry Genes Between Species
20/12/2023 Duración: 13minGenetic elements called Mavericks that have some viral features could be responsible for the large-scale smuggling of DNA between species. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Clover” by Vibe Mountain.
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Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism
06/12/2023 Duración: 12minNew observations of a faraway rocky world that might have its own magnetic field could help astronomers understand the seemingly haphazard magnetic fields in our own solar system. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Light Gazing” by Andrew Langdon.
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To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Past
21/11/2023 Duración: 15minQuantum algorithms can find their way out of mazes exponentially faster than classical ones, at the cost of forgetting the paths they took. A new result suggests that the trade-off may be inevitable. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Confusing Disco” by Birocratic.
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Underground Cells Make 'Dark Oxygen' Without Light
08/11/2023 Duración: 13minIn some deep subterranean aquifers, cells have a chemical trick for making oxygen that could sustain whole underground ecosystems. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Pulse” by Geographer.
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How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats
25/10/2023 Duración: 12minTo buffer the brain against menaces in the blood, a dynamic, multi-tiered system of protection is built into the brain’s blood vessels. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Good Times” by Patrick Patrikios.
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JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe
11/10/2023 Duración: 25minGiant black holes were supposed to be bit players in the early cosmic story. But recent James Webb Space Telescope observations are finding an unexpected abundance of the beasts. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Light Gazing” by Andrew Langdon.
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Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference.
27/09/2023 Duración: 18minNew experiments show that the brain distinguishes between perceived and imagined mental images by checking whether they cross a “reality threshold.” Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Who’s Using Who” by The Mini Vandals.
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Chatbots Don't Know What Stuff Isn't
13/09/2023 Duración: 16minToday’s language models are more sophisticated than ever, but they still struggle with the concept of negation. That’s unlikely to change anytime soon. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Hidden Agenda” by Kevin MacLeod.
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Global Microbiome Study Gives New View of Shared Health Risks
30/08/2023 Duración: 21minThe most comprehensive survey of how we share our microbiomes suggests a new way of thinking about the risks of developing some diseases that aren’t usually considered contagious. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Transmission” by John Deley and the 41 Players.
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Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing
16/08/2023 Duración: 19minThe quantum energy teleportation protocol was proposed in 2008 and largely ignored. Now two independent experiments have shown that it works. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Pulse” by Geographer.
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How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain
02/08/2023 Duración: 21minFeelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social contact. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Slow Burn” by Kevin MacLeod.
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Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle
19/07/2023 Duración: 19minThe neocortex of our brain is the seat of our intellect. New data suggests that mammals created it with new types of cells that they developed only after their evolutionary split from reptiles. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Pulse” by Geographer.