One would imagine that an AI capable of solving the hardest Olympiad problems would naturally produce novel scientific ...

Axiom says its AI found solutions to several long-standing math problems, a sign of the technology’s steadily advancing reasoning capabilities.

Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the ...

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 ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

For decades, the solution to harder problems has been ‘build a bigger computer’— but ...

By explicitly modeling each step of a problem and gradually fading away supports, teachers can give students a clear path to mastering new content.

Veronika resting while using a stick. Photo / Antonio J Osuna Mascaró In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic Far Side comic entitled Cow Tools. In it, a cow stands proudly beside a ...

Keen code breakers are in for a treat, as the Royal Mint has launched a fiendishly challenging puzzle. The Great British Treasure Hunt will set amateur sleuths across the country a series of ...

All spark plugs may look the same to the untrained eye. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. For starters, spark plugs come in many types that are mainly differentiated by the ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about babies' perceptions of rhythm, how sleep may help us solve puzzles and why snakes may be able to fast so long.