Tomorrow’s Quantum Computers Threaten Today’s Secrets. Here’s How to Protect Them
Researchers are racing to create codes so complex that even quantum computers can’t break them
Stories by Kelsey Houston-Edwards
Kelsey Houston-Edwards is a mathematician and journalist. She formerly wrote and hosted the online show PBS Infinite Series.
How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain
Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution
The Mathematics of How Connections Become Global
Percolation theory illuminates the behavior of many kinds of networks, from cell-phone connections to disease transmission
Is the Mathematical World Real?
Philosophers cannot agree on whether mathematical objects exist or are pure fictions