5.2K views · 382 reactions | Quantum chromodynamics predicts that the proton is, at high resolution, a dandelion-like cloud made up almost entirely of force-carrying particles called gluons. https://www.quantamagazine.org/inside-the-proton-the-most-complicated-thing-imaginable-20221019/ | Quanta Magazine | Facebook

From 2018: Did the universe have a beginning? Or is the current phase of cosmological expansion part of an endless cycle of expansions and contractions? The Big Bang theory has long dominated as the prevailing idea about the origin of the universe, but recently, the alternative possibility is garnering renewed interest. Now, two new papers suggest ways that the universe could theoretically “bounce” from one cycle to the next. https://www.quantamagazine.org/big-bounce-models-reignite-big-bang-deb

4.3K views · 153 reactions | The almighty Higgs boson imbues many of nature’s fundamental particles with mass. Explore how these fundamental particle interactions work in our interactive visualization of the Standard Model of physics: https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-map-of-the-standard-model-of-particle-physics-20201022/ | Quanta Magazine | Facebook

12K views · 164 reactions | What’s shaking in the field of space-time research? Mathematicians are busy poking black holes to make sure Einstein’s equations work out. Listen to our podcast to learn about what they're finding: https://www.quantamagazine.org/tag/podcast | Quanta Magazine | Facebook

Each day, this game challenges you to find the best math in this solar system — and the next one — and the next… https://hyperjumps.quantamagazine.org/ | Quanta Magazine

33 reactions | If you understand basic arithmetic, you can make it to an exoplanet. Try out Hyperjumps!, Quanta’s first interactive math puzzle: https://hyperjumps.quantamagazine.org/ | Quanta Magazine | Facebook

Within a virtual playground, AI agents spontaneously built tools and used them in exciting and unexpected ways to win games of hide-and-seek. While becoming more adept at the game doesn’t have any practical uses, the fact that machines developed these novel strategies on their own has researchers hopeful that they’ve discovered a way to build AI that can solve open-ended, real-world problems. https://www.quantamagazine.org/artificial-intelligence-discovers-tool-use-in-hide-and-seek-games-2019111