Sometimes I imagine human knowledge is a huge convoluted membrane floating in space.

And on one side is what we know, the whole of human scientific inquiry, and on the other,

the vast unknown, and in some cases the completely unknowable.

Over time, that membrane grows in all sorts

of weird ways, and that's where we, at Quantum Magazine, come in. I'm Samir Patel, the editor-in-chief.

At Quanta, we report from this frontier to bring you a greater understanding of the latest

advances in basic or fundamental science and math from astrophysics and quantum

computing to molecular biology and classic unsolved math problems. Quanta's been doing this for more

than a decade across thousands of stories and videos, and yes, podcasts. We have the quantum

science podcast, which has translated many of our stories into

audio form and The Joy of Why, where mathematicians Steven Strogatz and astrophysicist Jan

11 talk to specialists about their work. And today we're launching something new, the

Quanta podcast, a weekly show where I will be speaking with the editors and writers behind the magazine

to offer another perspective on physics, math, biology, and computer science.

First off, if you've been a fan of the Quanta Science podcast, don't despair. It's going to continue

here. Those are audio edition episodes, stories that we have on our site, and we're to continue to do them as audio edition episodes running every two weeks.

I've been a science journalist for about 20 years. I've worked at magazines and websites.

And one of the first things I noticed when I started as Quanta's second editor-in-chief

was just how inspirational, dedicated, interesting, and eloquent our staff is when they talk about

the subjects that they cover. This podcast is really inspired by the conversations we've had,

in meetings over coffee, at happy hour. For me, it adds a whole new dimension to our work, and I want to share some of that

energy with you each week.

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