Mark Belan

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Latest Articles

Science, Promise and Peril in the Age of AI

An exploration of how artificial intelligence is changing what it means to do science and math, and what it means to be a scientist.

How Can AI ID a Cat? An Illustrated Guide.

April 30, 2025

Neural networks power today’s AI boom. To understand them, all we need is a map, a cat and a few thousand dimensions.

The Thought Experiments That Fray the Fabric of Space-Time

September 25, 2024

These three imagined scenarios lead many physicists to doubt that space-time is fundamental.

The Unraveling of Space-Time

This special issue of Quanta Magazine explores the ultimate scientific quest: the search for the fundamental nature of reality.

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