Quanta Science Podcast

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Sinopsis

In-depth news about mathematics, physics, biology and computer science.

Episodios

  • Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit

    21/02/2024 Duración: 21min

    Scientists 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.

  • What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells

    07/02/2024 Duración: 23min

    Every 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.

  • An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated

    24/01/2024 Duración: 16min

    The 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.

  • Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve

    10/01/2024 Duración: 15min

    By 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.

  • Selfish, Virus-Like DNA Can Carry Genes Between Species

    20/12/2023 Duración: 13min

    Genetic 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.

  • Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism

    06/12/2023 Duración: 12min

    New 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.

  • To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Past

    21/11/2023 Duración: 15min

    Quantum 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.

  • Underground Cells Make 'Dark Oxygen' Without Light

    08/11/2023 Duración: 13min

    In 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.

  • How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats

    25/10/2023 Duración: 12min

    To 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.

  • JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe

    11/10/2023 Duración: 25min

    Giant 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.

  • Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference.

    27/09/2023 Duración: 18min

    New 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.

  • Chatbots Don't Know What Stuff Isn't

    13/09/2023 Duración: 16min

    Today’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.

  • Global Microbiome Study Gives New View of Shared Health Risks

    30/08/2023 Duración: 21min

    The 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.

  • Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing

    16/08/2023 Duración: 19min

    The 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.

  • How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain

    02/08/2023 Duración: 21min

    Feelings 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.

  • Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle

    19/07/2023 Duración: 19min

    The 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.

  • Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

    05/07/2023 Duración: 20min

    A wave of research improves reinforcement learning algorithms by pre-training them as if they were human. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Quasi Motion” by Kevin MacLeod.

  • The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think

    21/06/2023 Duración: 21min

    Depression has often been blamed on low levels of serotonin in the brain. That answer is insufficient, but alternatives are coming into view and changing our understanding of the disease. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Redwood Trail” by Audionautix.

  • Ants Live 10 Times Longer by Altering Their Insulin Responses

    07/06/2023 Duración: 17min

    Queen ants live far longer than genetically identical workers. Researchers are learning what their longevity secrets could mean for aging in other species. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Good Times” by Patrick Patrikios.

  • How the Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions

    24/05/2023 Duración: 13min

    The neural representations of a perceived image and the memory of it are almost the same. New work shows how and why they are different. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Light Gazing” by Andrew Langdon.

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