An idea from topology explains why you can never get rid of your cowlicks—and, oddly enough, it’s critical in nuclear fusion ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians ...

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in ...

If the sides of the right-angled triangle are labelled 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 then Pythagoras' theorem can be written as the formula 𝑎² + 𝑏² = 𝑐². Pythagoras' theorem can be used to find the length of line ...

P vs. NP asks: are these two classes actually the same? If P = NP, then every “hard” problem is secretly fast to solve; we ...

In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now ...

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How good is your company at problem solving? Probably quite good, if your managers are like those at the companies I’ve studied. What they struggle with, it turns out, is not solving problems but ...

Real-world assets (RWA) crossed $32 billion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, as Wall Street’s love affair with tokenization continues to accelerate. JPMorgan was the latest to double ...

As the midterm elections approach, many leading Democrats are rethinking their approach to climate change. By Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer The global weather pattern threatens to worsen floods and ...

Waymo, the self-driving car division of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has paused operations in four US cities due to its robotaxis’ struggles with heavy rain and puddles. The driverless electric ...

If you have questions about your Social Security payments, you might need to contact the Social Security Administration for help. You may be able to troubleshoot some problems online, but other issues ...