Season 2018 episodes2018-01-09

Season 2018

Explore mind-bending developments in basic science and math research. Quanta Magazine is an award-winning, editorially independent magazine published by the Simons Foundation.

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Season 2018

Episode 1

Richard Schwartz: In Praise of Simple Problems

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Episode 2

Ed Boyden on the Promise of Expansion Microscopy

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Episode 3

Erich Jarvis on Theories About the Origin of Vocal Learning

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Episode 4

Daniel Goldman and His Smart Robots

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Episode 5

Season 2018

Season 2018

Richard Schwartz: In Praise of Simple Problems

Ed Boyden on the Promise of Expansion Microscopy

Erich Jarvis on Theories About the Origin of Vocal Learning

Daniel Goldman and His Smart Robots

Barbara Engelhardt on How to Improve Statistical Analyses of Genomes

Günter Ziegler Seeks God’s Perfect Math Proofs

Donald Richards: A Revealer of Secrets in the Data of Life and the Universe

Michela Massimi: Defending the Philosophy of Science

Lisa Manning on the Dynamics of Glasses and Embryos

Carina Curto on How Physicists Can Think About Neuroscience

Jessica Whited on Limb Regeneration and the Axolotl Genome

Cohl Furey on the Octonions and Particle Physics

Alessio Figalli: A Traveler Who Finds Stability in the Natural World

Caucher Birkar: An Innovator Who Brings Order to an Infinitude of Equations

Akshay Venkatesh: A Number Theorist Who Bridges Math and Time

Constantinos Daskalakis: A Poet of Computation Who Uncovers Distant Truths

2018 Fields Medal Coverage at Quanta Magazine

Rosaly Lopes on Volcanoes Throughout the Solar System

Tomas Bohr on Performing the Double-Slit Experiment with Bouncing Droplets

Renee Reijo Pera on the Importance of Timing in Embryo Development

Mario Jurić on How Astronomy Is Changing

Valeria Pettorino on Learning About Dark Energy With the Euclid Satellite

Albert Einstein, Holograms and Quantum Gravity

Why Different Parts of a Coffee Mug Produce Different Pitches

Martin Rees on the Future of Science and Humanity

What Is Emergence?