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The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure.

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Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world ...

While some fret about technology’s social impacts, Raj Reddy still believes in the power of artificial intelligence to improve lives. Before he became a decorated pioneer of artificial intelligence, ...

The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews some of the world’s leading scientists about their lives and work.

How do you construct a perfect machine out of imperfect parts? That’s the central challenge for researchers building quantum computers. The trouble is that their elementary building blocks, called ...

Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future. In May, a ...

Susan Valot narrates in-depth news episodes based on Quanta Magazine's articles about mathematics, physics, biology and computer science.

The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the astrophysicist and author Janna Levin interview leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time.