Studies of neural metabolism reveal our brain’s effort to keep us alive and the evolutionary constraints that sculpted our ...

Conor Feehly is a science writer based in New Zealand. He covers topics ranging from astronomy to neuroscience.

By extending the scope of the key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians have made great strides toward ...

Reversible programs run backward as easily as they run forward, saving energy in theory. After decades of research, they may ...

Po-Shen Loh discusses his approach to coaching the United States International Mathematical Olympiad team and reveals what he believes to be the major problem with math education.

Every Tuesday, editor in chief Samir Patel sits down with writers and editors to discuss our most thought-provoking stories in science and math. Audio editions of Quanta’s stories with Susan Valot ...