Quanta MagazineMar 12Physicists Finally Find a Problem That Only Quantum Computers Can DoQuanta Magazine - Lakshmi ChandrasekaranResearchers have shown that a problem about the energy of a quantum system is easy for quantum computers but hard for classical ones. Quantum …
Quanta MagazineFresh X-Rays Reveal a Universe as Clumpy as Cosmology PredictsQuanta Magazine - Liz KruesiBy mapping the largest structures in the universe, cosmologists have found that a cosmic anomaly appears to be fading away. Clusters of hundreds or …
Quanta MagazineMollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the PastQuanta Magazine - Viviane CallierThe visual systems of an obscure group of mollusks provide a rare natural example of path-dependent evolution, in which a critical fork in the …
Quanta MagazineHow Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn BetterQuanta Magazine - Amos ZeebergErasing key information during training results in machine learning models that can learn new languages faster and more easily. A team of computer …
Quanta Magazine‘Entropy Bagels’ and Other Complex Structures Emerge From Simple RulesQuanta Magazine - Jordana CepelewiczSimple rules in simple settings continue to puzzle mathematicians, even as they devise intricate tools to analyze them. Repetition doesn’t always have …
Quanta MagazineHow Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?Quanta Magazine - Stephen OrnesA new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them. Two years ago, …