Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS   New Math Proves That a Special Kind of Space-Time Is Unstable By STEVE NADIS Einstein's equations describe three canonical configurations of space-time. Now one of these three — important in the study of quantum gravity — has been shown to be inherently unstable. Read the article Share Tweet Forward GENERAL RELATIVITY(2018)   Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes By  KEVIN HARTNETT Mathematicians have disproved the strong cosmic censorship conjecture. Their work answers one of the most important questions in the study of general relativity. Read the article MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS(2019)   Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math By NATALIE WOLCHOVER Three physicists wanted to calculate how neutrinos change. They ended up discovering an unexpected relationship between some of the most ubiquitous objects in math. Read the article MICROBIOLOGY   Inside Deep Undersea Rocks, Life Thrives Without the Sun By  JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Newly discovered worlds of microbes far beneath the ocean floor, inside old basaltic rocks, could point to a greater likelihood of life elsewhere in the universe. Read the article Share Tweet Forward (2019)ECOLOGY   Heat-Loving Microbes, Once Dormant, Thrive Over Decades-Old Fire By  CARRIE ARNOLD Read the article NUMBER THEORY   Mathematician Measures the Repulsive Force Within Polynomials By  KEVIN HARTNETT Vesselin Dimitrov's proof of the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture quantifies the way special values of polynomials push each other apart. Read the article Share Tweet Forward (2018)NUMBER THEORY   In the Universe of Equations, Virtually All Are Prime By KEVIN HARTNETT Read the article ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   'Milestone' Evidence for Anyons, a Third Kingdom of Particles By  DANA NAJJAR Anyons don't fit into either of the two known particle kingdoms. To find them, physicists had to erase the third dimension. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward QUANTIZED COLUMNS(2017)   Inside the Knotty World of 'Anyon' Particles By FRANK WILCZEK Read the column ASK A SCIENTIST   Epidemiologist Tara Smith Answers Your Coronavirus Questions Hosted by  TARA C. SMITH Recently, infectious disease epidemiologist and Quanta columnist Dr. Tara C. Smith answered readers' questions about the COVID-19 epidemic and coronaviruses. The full Q&A and select highlights are posted on our YouTube channel.  Watch the full Q&A | Watch the highlights Follow Quanta Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Unsubscribe | About Quanta Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2020 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of Simons Foundation