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For the first time, mathematicians have shown the most efficient way yet of squaring the circle — or, equivalently, of circling the square — by cutting the shapes into pieces simple enough to be visualized and then rearranging them. https://www.quantamagazine.org/an-ancient-geometry-problem-falls-to-new-mathematical-techniques-20220208/ | Quanta Magazine

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79K views · 1K reactions | This is a microscopic view of apoptosis, the process by which cells violently self-terminate. Some evolutionary biologists suspect that this mechanism originated in the bacterial ancestors of mitochondria. (From the archive) https://www.quantamagazine.org/cellular-self-destruction-may-be-ancient-but-why-20240306/ | Quanta Magazine | Facebook

1.1K views · 72 reactions | Here’s the story of how a toy model of magnetism demystified phase transitions and became ubiquitous in science. https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-cartoon-picture-of-magnets-that-has-transformed-science-20200624/ | Quanta Magazine | Facebook

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