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• Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is On To Simulate Our Quantum Universe
  Posted on Friday September 05, 2025
  Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers could illuminate phenomena that are far too complex for even the most powerful supercomputers. The post Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is On To Simulate Our Quantum Universe first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• What Is the Fourier Transform?
  Posted on Wednesday September 03, 2025
  Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts. The post What Is the Fourier Transform? first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• ‘World Models,’ an Old Idea in AI, Mount a Comeback
  Posted on Tuesday September 02, 2025
  You’re carrying around in your head a model of how the world works. Will AI systems need to do the same? The post ‘World Models,’ an Old Idea in AI, Mount a Comeback first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• The Sudden Surges That Forge Evolutionary Trees
  Posted on Thursday August 28, 2025
  An updated evolutionary model shows that living systems evolve in a split-and-hit-the-gas dynamic, where new lineages appear in sudden bursts rather than during a long marathon of gradual changes. The post The Sudden Surges That Forge Evolutionary Trees first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes
  Posted on Wednesday August 27, 2025
  According to Einstein’s theory of gravity, black holes have only a small handful of distinguishing characteristics. Quantum theory implies they may have more. Now an experimental search finds that any of this extra ‘hair’ has to be pretty short. The post Astrophysicists Find No ‘Hair’ on Black Holes first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »