11+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1089+ words) For decades, the mathematician Frank Merle has been embracing the messy math behind lasers and fluids By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings Frank Merle studies nonlinear equations, which respond in dramatic ways to tiny shifts in their inputs. Frank…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (347+ words) New AI Tool Predicts Which of 1, 000 Diseases Someone May Develop in 20 Years A large language model called Delphi-2 M analyzes a person's medical records and lifestyle to provide risk estimates for more than 1, 000 diseases By Gemma Conroy & Nature magazine A…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (444+ words) Mathematicians issue a major challenge to AI: Show us your work Frustrated by the AI industry's claims of proving math results without offering transparency, a team of leading academics has proposed a better way By Joseph Howlett edited by Claire…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (565+ words) AI just got its toughest math test yet. The results are mixed Experts gave AI 10 math problems to solve in a week. Open AI, researchers and amateurs all gave it their best shot By Joseph Howlett edited by Claire Cameron…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (388+ words) A Polish mathematician's theory on the famous problem of bisecting three solids using one plane By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Last week we discussed the best way to divvy up a pizza with an unevenly distributed topping. That…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (288+ words) AI isn't conscious'but we may be bringing it to life In rethinking whether AI is sentient, we are asking bigger questions about cognition, human-machine interaction and even our own consciousness This phenomenon likely stems from our innate tendency to anthropomorphize....

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (89+ words) Divide this grid into four identical, nonoverlapping shapes along the square boundaries. Each shape must contain two of the same letters. There are four different solutions, which differ only slightly from one another. This puzzle originally appeared in Spektrum der…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (260+ words) By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Statistics can produce real results that are hard to believe. As just one example, in the 1970s, the University of California, Berkeley, had to go to court for alleged discrimination against women. The admission…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (348+ words) This bizarre substance breaks the rules of both glass and plastic Scientists thought glassy substances had to be either moldable or impact-resistant'but compleximers are both By Rohini Subrahmanyam edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier "Compleximers'materials that can be molded like window…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (265+ words) The intermediate value theorem shows us how to find an even center on an irregular shape By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas I don't like sharing my food. But sometimes I have to cut a sandwich or pizza in…...