(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

Google has launched its most advanced AI model, Gemini 3, directly integrating it into Google Search. This move is seen as an aggressive challenge to OpenAI's ChatGPT, leveraging Google's full-stack ...

Even with quantum mechanics and relativity, physics can’t explain everything. Three problems — quantum gravity, dark matter, and turbulent flow — remain unsolved despite decades of research. Each one ...

Here's the thing about math that nobody tells you: it's less about memorizing formulas and more about knowing which tools to reach for. By fourteen, students should have a problem-solving toolkit that ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

A new cast member has joined 3 Body Problem Season 2, expanding the ensemble of Netflix’s sci-fi series. Known for a prominent role in Game of Thrones, the actor reunites with creators David Benioff ...

The Netflix series based on Liu Cixin's sci-fi novel aired its first season in 2024 and was renewed—but there haven't been many updates since. Reading time 1 minute Liam Cunningham as Wade, Jess Hong ...

Google’s AI R&D lab DeepMind says it has developed a new AI system to tackle problems with “machine-gradable” solutions. In experiments, the system, called AlphaEvolve, could help optimize some of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hilbert's sixth problem was one of the loftiest. He called for "axiomatizing" physics, or ...

When the greatest mathematician alive unveils a vision for the next century of research, the math world takes note. That’s exactly what happened in 1900 at the International Congress of Mathematicians ...

Modern TV shows can at times be poorly lit. Call it the Game of Thrones problem, since some of that show’s most expensive and anticipated episodes famously were too dark for lots of viewers to see ...