Quanta MagazineSturgeon Extra DNA May Make Unlikely Hybrid Fish Possible Quanta Magazine - Christie Wilcox The unintentional creation of “sturddlefish” hybrids may illuminate the genomic mechanisms that govern whether species can interbreed. Their mothers …
Quanta MagazineUniverse Big Bounce Simulations Challenge the Big Bang Quanta Magazine - Charlie Wood Detailed computer simulations have found that a cosmic contraction can generate features of the universe that we observe today. The standard story of …
Quanta MagazinePhotosynthesis Quanta Magazine Quanta Magazine - Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Plants ignore the most energy-rich part of sunlight because stability matters more than efficiency, according to a new model of photosynthesis. From …
Quanta MagazineGeometry How Physics Found a Geometric Structure for Math to Play With Quanta Magazine - Kevin Hartnett Symplectic geometry is a relatively new field with implications for much of modern mathematics. Here’s what it’s all about. In the early 1800s, …
Quanta MagazineDark Matter An Alternative to Dark Matter Passes Critical Test Quanta Magazine - Charlie Wood Modified gravity theories have never been able to describe the universe’s first light. A new formulation does. For decades, a band of rebel theorists …
