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At Quantastic, we love to explore science, tech, and math vis-à-vis humanity. Our mission is to bring scientific knowledge, exploration, and debate through compelling stories to interested readers. Each story seeks to educate, inspire curiosity, and motivate critical thinking.

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  • The Curse of Progress: Why Modern Technology Feels Like a Trap.

    The Curse of Progress: Why Modern Technology Feels Like a Trap.

    The antidote to our generation’s existential dread
    Go to the profile of Chaipat Tira
    Chaipat Tira
    Jul 11
    Submission Guidelines for the Quantastic Journal

    Submission Guidelines for the Quantastic Journal

    Join the Quantastic Writers’ Circle and Submit Your Story!
    Go to the profile of Sam Vaseghi
    Sam Vaseghi
    Jun 26, 2024
    How CRISPR Could Eradicate HIV From Human DNA

    How CRISPR Could Eradicate HIV From Human DNA

    A revolutionary gene-editing tool that has great potential to treat gene-related diseases, viral infections inclusive.—Could in this be the…
    Go to the profile of Ifeoma Ikechukwu, Pharm.D
    Ifeoma Ikechukwu, Pharm.D
    Jul 10
    The Learning Trap: Breaking Free from Knowledge Addiction

    The Learning Trap: Breaking Free from Knowledge Addiction

    Endless learning can feel productive but keeps you from making real progress
    Go to the profile of The Ordinary Scientist
    The Ordinary Scientist
    Jul 9
    Will AI Ever Think Like Einstein or Create Like Picasso?—Imagination is All You need

    Will AI Ever Think Like Einstein or Create Like Picasso?—Imaginatio...

    “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.”—Thomas A. Edison
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    Rick Mammone
    Jul 7
    How Artificial Food Dyes Shaped What We Eat, and What We’re Learning Now About Their Safety

    How Artificial Food Dyes Shaped What We Eat, and What We’re Learnin...

    When it comes to food, what you see is not always what you get.
    Go to the profile of René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
    René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
    Jul 8
    How a Square Led to Infinity: From Pythagoras to Ramanujan

    How a Square Led to Infinity: From Pythagoras to Ramanujan

    The Pythagorean spark: A triangle that changed everything
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    AnubhavX
    Jul 5
    Unitary versus Non-Unitary Isometric Time Evolution—with QuTiP Examples

    Unitary versus Non-Unitary Isometric Time Evolution—with QuTiP Examples

    Beautifully, in the unitarity, past and future are connected, so you can freely go back and forth during the time evolution; unfortunately…
    Go to the profile of Anastasiya Khromova, Dr. rer. nat. 🇺🇦
    Anastasiya Khromova, Dr. rer. nat. 🇺🇦
    Jul 4
    Tokens Compete: Evolutionary Pressure Within LLM Generation

    Tokens Compete: Evolutionary Pressure Within LLM Generation

    You might think LLMs just predict the next token, but these tokens don’t just emerge — they compete, mutate, and survive.
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    Rob Manson
    Jul 1
    How Peer Review Became Science’s Most Dangerous Illusion

    How Peer Review Became Science’s Most Dangerous Illusion

    The lie detector has been lying all along
    Go to the profile of Ricky Lanusse
    Ricky Lanusse
    Jun 28
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