Scientists assumed that energy flows in only one direction in a turbulent system. What they didn’t know, until they looked closely at brine shrimp, was that a simple factor can reverse the flow. The post Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence first appeared on Quanta MagazineStephen Ornes
Maggie Miller explains why our intuition about three dimensions breaks down in four, and how she visualizes 4D spaces as a reel of three-dimensional snapshots. The post What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like? first appeared on Quanta MagazineJanna Levin and Steven Strogatz
Unexpected patterns traveling across the human brain may be reorganizing its activity in real time. The post Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brain’s Inner Workings first appeared on Quanta MagazineConor Feehly
After a long hiatus, the problem, which was likely inspired by juggling, has finally been resolved by a group of young mathematicians. The post Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture first appeared on Quanta MagazineShalma Wegsman
The biggest breakthrough in modern theoretical physics is the discovery that gravity can collapse the dimensions of space. Physicists don’t yet understand the implications. The post Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality? first appeared on Quanta MagazineCharlie Wood
