Critical analyses of AI usually adopt a stance of defensive humanism. Instead, Nan Da interrogates its mode of reasoning. How ...

Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

On Wednesday, researchers from the University of Zurich, University of Amsterdam, Duke University, and NYU released a study ...

Tesla ( TSLA) CEO Elon Musk suggested last week at the company's annual meeting that customers could be paid $100 to $200 a ...

Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly prevalent, integrated into phone apps, search engines and social media platforms ...

Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

There has never been a time in history when algorithms, rather than humans, are making so many critical decisions.

Mathematics is the first place where evidence of AI superintelligence is likely to appear, a theoretical computer scientist says. “Will there be a superhuman AI mathematician?” asked theoretical ...

DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...

Compounding is the quiet force that turns steady saving into exponential wealth creation. The Rule of 72 makes this concept simple — a mental shortcut to estimate how fast money doubles. It’s the ...