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Quanta Science
359 episodes · by Quanta Magazine ([email protected] )
About Quanta Science
Quanta Science is a podcast with 359 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. Exploring the distant universe, the insides of cells, the abstractions of math, the complexity of information itself, and much more, The Quanta Podcast is a tour of the frontier between the known and the unknown. In each episode, Quanta Magazine Editor-in-Chief Samir Patel speaks with the minds behind the award-winning publication to navigate through some of the most important and mind-expanding questions in science and math. Quanta specifically covers fundamental research — driven by curiosi... PodLexicon indexes every episode of Quanta Science and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Quanta Science
Gamma-Ray Burst Classification Neutron Star Merger Evidence Kilonovae and Heavy Elements Long Burst Timing Puzzle Multimessenger Observatory Network Alternative Progenitor Models Cosmic Origin of the Elements The Mystery of Human Handedness
Notable Guests on Quanta Science
Recent Episodes
What Makes a Fluid a Fluid? — August 18, 2026Audio Edition: New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities — August 13, 2026Is AI Reasoning Right for the Wrong Reasons? — August 11, 2026Why Am I Left-Handed? — August 04, 2026Audio Edition: Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback — July 30, 2026A Dark Dimension Could Link Two of the Universe’s Great Unknowns — July 28, 2026Is Life Just Different? — July 21, 2026Audio Edition: ‘World Models,’ an Old Idea in AI, Mount a Comeback — July 16, 2026How Many Shuffles Do You Really Need to Randomize Your Deck? — July 14, 2026Will We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Like Weather? — July 07, 2026Audio Edition: Tiny Tubes Reveal Clues to the Evolution of Complex Life — July 02, 2026Are Memories Transferable — or Edible? — June 30, 2026How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really? — June 23, 2026Audio Edition: What Is the Fourier Transform? — June 18, 2026The 'Truth Machine' That Is Changing Math — June 16, 2026Ecotypes Make the Idea of a Species Even Fuzzier — June 09, 2026What Actually Causes Lightning? — June 02, 2026Audio Edition: Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes — May 28, 2026The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived — May 26, 2026Ice Is Way More Complex Than It Seems — May 19, 2026Audio Edition: How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper — May 14, 2026Our Immune Systems Are Full of Ancient Weapons — May 12, 2026What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity? — May 05, 2026Audio Edition: The Cells That Breathe Two Ways — April 30, 2026Quantum Mechanics Might Be a Secret Key to Secure Communication — April 28, 2026Is String Theory Still Our Best Hope? — April 21, 2026Audio Edition: New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder — April 16, 2026One of Nature’s Most Complex Molecular Machines — April 14, 2026The Fundamental Tension at the Heart of Math — April 07, 2026Audio Edition: AI Comes Up With Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work. — April 02, 2026Why Do Humanoid Robots Still Struggle With the Small Stuff? — March 31, 2026Uniting a Century of Digital and Analog Astronomy — March 24, 2026Audio Edition: Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity — March 19, 2026Astrocytes Might Be in Charge of the Brain — March 17, 2026The Infinite Heist - Part 2 — March 10, 2026Audio Edition: The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion — March 05, 2026The Infinite Heist - Part 1 — March 03, 2026Decoding the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics — February 24, 2026Audio Edition: Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time — February 19, 2026How Animals Build a Sense of Direction — February 17, 2026Mathematicians Want To Make Fluid Equations Glitch Out — February 10, 2026Audio Edition: Matter vs. Force: Why There Are Exactly Two Types of Particles — February 05, 2026Do AI Models Agree On How They Encode Reality? — February 03, 2026Is Particle Physics Dead, Dying, or Just Hard? — January 27, 2026Audio Edition: How Can AI Researchers Save Energy? By Going Backward. — January 22, 2026Does Dad's Fitness Make Its Way Into Sperm? — January 20, 2026The Shape That Can’t Pass Through Itself — January 13, 2026Audio Edition: How Much Energy Does It Take To Think? — January 08, 2026AI Filters Will Always Have Holes — January 06, 2026ICYMI: Birds' Migratory Mitochondria — December 30, 2025
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