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A controversy around OpenAI’s latest math proof raises a fear that might become increasingly common: that A.I. tools could ...

Hidden correspondences hint at a deeper structure to the mathematical universe. Our columnist unpacks one of those connections and asks mathematicians what they might mean.

Neural activity during the performance of a stereotyped behavioral task is often described as low-dimensional, occupying only a limited region in the space of all firing-rate patterns. This region has ...

How agents acquire abstract concepts from sparse, diverse examples—often without explicit supervision—remains a central problem in cognitive science and artificial intelligence. Human studies suggest ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

ASK A UROLOGIST, and they’ll tell you that the prostate has two functions: one is to secrete fluids that come out with ejaculation. The other is to keep urologists in business. That’s a lot of work ...

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One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 27 (Reuters) - There is legitimate debate about the actual independence of modern-day central banks, but almost everyone agrees that overt politicization of monetary policy – as ...