1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (254+ words) The signature of Sak Tahn Waax, or “White-Chested Fox,” was found inscribed in a 1,000-year-old chamber beneath present-day Guatemala By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings The math world just got a new genius—a prodigy who announced himself by…...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago  (321+ words) A 23-year-old student overturned an ancient conjecture about one of math’s simplest operations By Jack Murtagh edited by Jeanna Bryner In this simple example, let’s calculate 12 × 34. First, we split both numbers into their tens and ones digits. Assign a = 1 and…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (964+ words) Is AI on the precipice of revolutionizing math? It depends LLMs have recently helped find solutions to a number of minor longstanding problems. But a new plan called First Proof is really putting them to the test By Joseph Howlett…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (434+ words) Noether's work helped prove the conservation of energy in physics, a key foundation for Einstein's theory of relativity By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Portrait of Emmy Noether around 1900. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Physicists Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (995+ words) By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas For thousands of years, scholars have investigated the peculiarities of irrational numbers. And yet, even today, we are far from having unlocked their secrets. On the contrary, it seems that even the most…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (162+ words) A square is divided into eight rectangles of equal area. One of these rectangles has a width of 8. What are the lengths of the sides of the square? If the rectangle with width 8 has length a, its area is A…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (604+ words) The lab never sleeps. Can the science keep up? Robots and AI are running experiments around the clock, from battery chemistry to cancer therapies. But can they be trusted to get it right? By Patrick Sisson edited by Eric Sullivan…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (528+ words) Children’s zip codes change their brains Children living in areas with low socioeconomic opportunities have more tired and stressed brains, a new study finds By Claire Cameron edited by Clara Moskowitz ismagilov via Getty Images “Socioeconomic came out ahead by…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1554+ words) New results challenge AI’s promise for solving how fluids swirl—and suggest a more human path forward By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings Whenever I get coffee with a mathematician, I always ask which of the seven Millennium Problems…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (233+ words) Controlling a small group of “noisy” sheep holds hints for computer algorithms By Rohini Subrahmanyam edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Sheepdog trials put trained dogs to work herding small groups of sheep. Watching hours of “sheepdog YouTube”—competitions where trained…...