Thomas LinEditor

Apr 12, 2024 | quantamagazine.org | Thomas Lin |Thomas LinEditor |Jordana Cepelewicz |Charlie Wood

IntroductionDear Readers,Last July, I read this memo to the staff and explained why I had made the difficult decision to move on from my role as Quanta’s editor-in-chief. This magazine has meant everything to me since I pitched the concept to the Simons Foundation in 2012. Building, growing, nurturing and leading the publication and staff — and being a part of what we’ve collectively accomplished — has been the most remarkable and rewarding experience of my career.

Feb 16, 2024 | quantamagazine.org | Thomas Lin |Thomas LinEditor |Pradeep Mutalik |Dave Richeson

It’s the year 2718. Humanity has invented a warp drive that enables a spacecraft to hyperjump to distant solar systems and back to Earth. The drive promises to revolutionize space exploration. But there’s a catch. The new technology can only make hyperjumps that follow the basic rules of arithmetic. Earth’s governing body has tapped you, an adventurous math explorer, to captain the first warp-drive-equipped starship in its fleet.