Feelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social contact.            The post How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Feelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social contact. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-loneliness-reshapes-the-brain-20230228/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain

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.            The post Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/gene-expression-in-neurons-solves-a-brain-evolution-puzzle-20230214/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle

A wave of research improves reinforcement learning algorithms by pre-training them as if they were human.            The post Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics first appeared on Quanta Magazine

A wave of research improves reinforcement learning algorithms by pre-training them as if they were human. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/machines-learn-better-if-we-teach-them-the-basics-20230201/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

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.            The post The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-cause-of-depression-is-probably-not-what-you-think-20230126/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think

Queen ants live far longer than genetically identical workers. Researchers are learning what their longevity secrets could mean for aging in other species.            The post Ants Live 10 Times Longer by Altering Their Insulin Responses first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Queen ants live far longer than genetically identical workers. Researchers are learning what their longevity secrets could mean for aging in other species. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/ants-live-10-times-longer-by-altering-their-insulin-responses-20230110/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ants Live 10 Times Longer by Altering Their Insulin Responses</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Ants Live 10 Times Longer by Altering Their Insulin Responses

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.            The post How the Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-brain-distinguishes-memories-from-perceptions-20221214/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How the Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

How the Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions

If plaques of amyloid protein in the brain aren’t the root cause of Alzheimer’s disease, what is?             The post What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt. 2) first appeared on Quanta Magazine

If plaques of amyloid protein in the brain aren’t the root cause of Alzheimer’s disease, what is? The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-causes-alzheimers-scientists-are-rethinking-the-answer-pt-2-20221208/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt. 2)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

What Causes Alzheimer's? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt 2)

After decades in the shadow of the reigning model for Alzheimer’s disease, alternative explanations are finally getting the attention they deserve.            The post What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. first appeared on Quanta Magazine

After decades in the shadow of the reigning model for Alzheimer’s disease, alternative explanations are finally getting the attention they deserve. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-causes-alzheimers-scientists-are-rethinking-the-answer-20221208/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer.</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

What Causes Alzheimer's? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt. 1)

Theory has it that “Population III” stars brought light to the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope may have just glimpsed them.            The post Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Theory has it that “Population III” stars brought light to the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope may have just glimpsed them. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/astronomers-say-they-have-spotted-the-universes-first-stars-20230130/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe's First Stars

An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers.            The post New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI first appeared on Quanta Magazine

An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-brain-inspired-chip-can-run-ai-with-far-less-energy-20221110/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI

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A visual prank exposes an Achilles’ heel of computer vision systems: Unlike humans, they can’t do a double take.            The post Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room first appeared on Quanta Magazine

A visual prank exposes an Achilles’ heel of computer vision systems: Unlike humans, they can’t do a double take. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/machine-learning-confronts-the-elephant-in-the-room-20180920/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room

Using a new CRISPR-based technique, researchers are examining how the position of DNA within the nucleus affects gene expression and cell function.            The post In the Nucleus, Genes’ Activity Might Depend on Their Location first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Using a new CRISPR-based technique, researchers are examining how the position of DNA within the nucleus affects gene expression and cell function. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-the-nucleus-genes-activity-might-depend-on-their-location-20181106/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Nucleus, Genes’ Activity Might Depend on Their Location</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

In the Nucleus, Genes’ Activity Might Depend on Their Location

Physicists are confronting their “nightmare scenario.” What does the absence of new particles suggest about how nature works?            The post What No New Particles Means for Physics first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Physicists are confronting their “nightmare scenario.” What does the absence of new particles suggest about how nature works? The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-no-new-particles-means-for-physics-20160809/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What No New Particles Means for Physics</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

What No New Particles Means for Physics

The bulk of biological research is centered on a handful of species. Are we missing a huge chunk of interesting biology?            The post Biologists Search for New Model Organisms first appeared on Quanta Magazine

The bulk of biological research is centered on a handful of species. Are we missing a huge chunk of interesting biology? The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/biologys-search-for-new-model-organisms-20160726/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Biologists Search for New Model Organisms</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Biologists Search for New Model Organisms

A new understanding of viral swarms is helping researchers predict how viruses will evolve and where disease is likely to spread.            The post How Mutant Viral Swarms Spread Disease first appeared on Quanta Magazine

A new understanding of viral swarms is helping researchers predict how viruses will evolve and where disease is likely to spread. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-mutant-viral-swarms-spread-disease-20150825/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Mutant Viral Swarms Spread Disease</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

How Mutant Viral Swarms Spread Disease

New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called “octonions.”            The post The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature first appeared on Quanta Magazine

New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called “octonions.” The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-octonion-math-that-could-underpin-physics-20180720/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature

The surprising discovery of a massive, Milky Way–size galaxy that is made of 99.99 percent dark matter has astronomers dreaming up new ideas about how galaxies form.            The post Strange Dark Galaxy Puzzles Astrophysicists first appeared on Quanta Magazine

The surprising discovery of a massive, Milky Way–size galaxy that is made of 99.99 percent dark matter has astronomers dreaming up new ideas about how galaxies form. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/massive-galaxy-made-of-dark-matter-puzzles-astrophysicists-20160927/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Strange Dark Galaxy Puzzles Astrophysicists</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Strange Dark Galaxy Puzzles Astrophysicists

Theories about how animals became multicellular are shifting as researchers find greater complexity in our single-celled ancestors.            The post Scientists Debate the Origin of Cell Types in the First Animals first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Theories about how animals became multicellular are shifting as researchers find greater complexity in our single-celled ancestors. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-debate-the-origin-of-cell-types-in-the-first-animals-20190717/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scientists Debate the Origin of Cell Types in the First Animals</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Scientists Debate the Origin of Cell Types in the First Animals

Irrationality may be a consequence of the brain’s ravenous energy needs.            The post The Neuroscience Behind Bad Decisions first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Irrationality may be a consequence of the brain’s ravenous energy needs. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-neuroscience-behind-bad-decisions-20160823/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Neuroscience Behind Bad Decisions</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

The Neuroscience Behind Bad Decisions

Just months after their discovery, gravitational waves coming from the mergers of black holes are shaking up astrophysics.            The post Colliding Black Holes Tell New Story of Stars first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Just months after their discovery, gravitational waves coming from the mergers of black holes are shaking up astrophysics. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/colliding-black-holes-tell-new-story-of-stars-20160906/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colliding Black Holes Tell New Story of Stars</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Colliding Black Holes Tell New Story of Stars

The three young friends who devised the “happy ending” problem would become some of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century, but were never able to solve their own puzzle. Now it receives its first big breakthrough.            The post A Puzzle of Clever Connections Nears a Happy End first appeared on Quanta Magazine

The three young friends who devised the “happy ending” problem would become some of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century, but were never able to solve their own puzzle. Now it receives its first big breakthrough. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-puzzle-of-clever-connections-nears-a-happy-end-20170530/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Puzzle of Clever Connections Nears a Happy End</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

A Puzzle of Clever Connections Nears a Happy End

A quickly closed loophole has proved that the “great smoky dragon” of quantum mechanics may forever elude capture.             The post Closed Loophole Confirms the Unreality of the Quantum World first appeared on Quanta Magazine

A quickly closed loophole has proved that the “great smoky dragon” of quantum mechanics may forever elude capture. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/closed-loophole-confirms-the-unreality-of-the-quantum-world-20180725/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closed Loophole Confirms the Unreality of the Quantum World</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Closed Loophole Confirms the Unreality of the Quantum World

A French mathematician has completed the classification of all convex pentagons, and therefore all convex polygons, that tile the plane.             The post Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem first appeared on Quanta Magazine

A French mathematician has completed the classification of all convex pentagons, and therefore all convex polygons, that tile the plane. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/pentagon-tiling-proof-solves-century-old-math-problem-20170711/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem

Life needs more than water alone. Recent discoveries suggest that plate tectonics has played a critical role in nourishing life on Earth. The findings carry major consequences for the search for life elsewhere in the universe.            The post Why Earth’s Cracked Crust May Be Essential for Life first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Life needs more than water alone. Recent discoveries suggest that plate tectonics has played a critical role in nourishing life on Earth. The findings carry major consequences for the search for life elsewhere in the universe. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-earths-cracked-crust-may-be-essential-for-life-20180607/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Earth’s Cracked Crust May Be Essential for Life</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Why Earth’s Cracked Crust May Be Essential for Life

If gut bacteria can sway their hosts to be selfless, it could answer a riddle that goes back to Darwin.            The post Can Microbes Encourage Altruism? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

If gut bacteria can sway their hosts to be selfless, it could answer a riddle that goes back to Darwin. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-microbes-encourage-altruism-20170629/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can Microbes Encourage Altruism?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Can Microbes Encourage Altruism?

In a monumental set of experiments, spread out over nearly two decades, biologists removed genes two at a time to uncover the secret workings of the cell.            The post Giant Genetic Map Shows Life’s Hidden Links first appeared on Quanta Magazine

In a monumental set of experiments, spread out over nearly two decades, biologists removed genes two at a time to uncover the secret workings of the cell. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/giant-genetic-map-reveals-lifes-hidden-links-20161025/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giant Genetic Map Shows Life’s Hidden Links</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Giant Genetic Map Shows Life’s Hidden Links

Psychedelic drugs can trigger characteristic hallucinations, which have long been thought to hold clues about the brain’s circuitry. After nearly a century of study, a possible explanation is crystallizing.            The post A Math Theory for Why People Hallucinate first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Psychedelic drugs can trigger characteristic hallucinations, which have long been thought to hold clues about the brain’s circuitry. After nearly a century of study, a possible explanation is crystallizing. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-math-theory-for-why-people-hallucinate-20180730/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Math Theory for Why People Hallucinate</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

A Math Theory for Why People Hallucinate

Through exacting geometric calculations, Philip Gibbs has found the smallest known cover for any possible shape.            The post Amateur Mathematician Finds Smallest Universal Cover first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Through exacting geometric calculations, Philip Gibbs has found the smallest known cover for any possible shape. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/amateur-mathematician-finds-smallest-universal-cover-20181115/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amateur Mathematician Finds Smallest Universal Cover</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Amateur Mathematician Finds Smallest Universal Cover

A hint that neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos suggests an answer to one the biggest questions in physics.            The post Neutrinos Hint of Matter-Antimatter Rift first appeared on Quanta Magazine

A hint that neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos suggests an answer to one the biggest questions in physics. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/do-neutrinos-explain-matter-antimatter-asymmetry-20160728/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neutrinos Hint of Matter-Antimatter Rift</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Neutrinos Hint of Matter-Antimatter Rift

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