Quanta Magazine is an editorially independentonline publication of the Simons Foundation covering developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences. The articles in the magazine are freely available to read online. Several publications like Scientific American,Wired, and The Atlantic, as well as international science publications like Spektrum der Wissenschaft, have reprinted articles from Quanta Magazine. Undark Magazine described Quanta Magazine as "highly regarded for its masterful coverage of complex topics in science and math." The science news aggregator RealClearScience ranked Quanta Magazine No. 2 on its list of "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2016." Initially launched as Simons Science News in October 2012, it was renamed to its current title in July 2013. The founding editor-in-chief is Thomas Lin.Quanta's editorial team includes John Rennie (editor), Michael Moyer, Natalie Wolchover, Kevin Hartnett, Olena Shmahalo, Lucy Reading-Ikkanda and Jeanette Kazmierczak. On 2 May 2017 Quanta introduced a complete redesign and rebranding of its website.