Multimedia – Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org Illuminating science Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:10:47 -0400 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 Can Thermodynamics Go Quantum? https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-thermodynamics-go-quantum-20240912/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-thermodynamics-go-quantum-20240912/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:43:17 +0000 https://www.quantamagazine.org/?p=140647 The post Can Thermodynamics Go Quantum? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

]]> The principles of thermodynamics are cornerstones of our understanding of physics. But they were discovered in the era of steam-driven technology, long before anyone dreamed of quantum mechanics. In this episode, the theoretical physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern talks to host Steven Strogatz about how physicists today are reinterpreting concepts such as work, energy and information for a quantum...

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]]> Observations of the cosmos suggest that unseen sources of gravity — dark matter — tug at the stars in galaxies, while another mysterious force — dark energy — drives the universe to expand at an ever-increasing rate. The evidence for both of them, however, hinges on assumptions that gravity works the same way at all scales. What if that’s not true? In this episode, theoretical physicist Claudia de...

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]]> Within just a few years, artificial intelligence systems that sometimes seem to display almost human characteristics have gone from science fiction to apps on your phone. But there’s another AI-influenced frontier that is developing rapidly and remains untamed: robotics. Can the technologies that have helped computers get smarter now bring similar improvements to the robots that will work...

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]]> https://www.quantamagazine.org/are-robots-about-to-level-up-20240814/feed/ 0 Quanta Relaunches Hyperjumps Math Game https://www.quantamagazine.org/quanta-relaunches-hyperjumps-math-game-20240216/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/quanta-relaunches-hyperjumps-math-game-20240216/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:22:22 +0000 https://www.quantamagazine.org/?p=134922 The post Quanta Relaunches Hyperjumps Math Game first appeared on Quanta Magazine

]]> It’s the year 2718. Humanity has invented a warp drive that enables a spacecraft to hyperjump to distant solar systems and back to Earth. The drive promises to revolutionize space exploration. But there’s a catch. The new technology can only make hyperjumps that follow the basic rules of arithmetic. Earth’s governing body has tapped you, an adventurous math explorer, to captain the first warp...

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]]> https://www.quantamagazine.org/quanta-relaunches-hyperjumps-math-game-20240216/feed/ 0 Hyperjumps Math Game https://www.quantamagazine.org/hyperjumps-math-game-20240216/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/hyperjumps-math-game-20240216/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:21:16 +0000 https://www.quantamagazine.org/?p=134981 The post Hyperjumps Math Game first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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