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Quanta Magazine · 364 episodes with transcripts

Exploring the distant universe, the insides of cells, the abstractions of math, the complexity of information itself, and much more, The Quanta Podcast is a tour of the frontier between the known and the unknown.

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Audio Edition: Sometimes Being First Means Seeing the End Before Anyone Else

October 8, 2026

Susan Vallott (0:09)

Welcome to the Quanta Audio Edition. In each of these bi-weekly episodes, we bring you a story direct from the Quanta website about developments in basic science and mathematics. I'm Susan Valtlett. Over the next few episodes, we'll be introducing you to some of the 2026 Fields and Abacus Medal winners. These are…

Determination and effort propelled Jacob Tsimerman to the top of the math world. But now that he's won a Fields Medal, he worries that the field is in jeopardy. That's next.

SPEAKER_2 (0:48)

What if your discovery of a natural gene editing mechanism launched a revolution?

SPEAKER_3 (0:54)

What if your abstract math proofs had unexpected connections to the real world?

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