A.I.’s First Big Math Breakthrough Is Not What It Seems

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...
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Jitter Bugs – Science with Magnets

Have you ever wondered why the letters you stuck on the refrigerator don’t fall on the floor or what you can use to pick up all your mom’s sewing pins you accidentally knocked off the table? Magnets ...
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This Human-Sized Origami Reimagines Emergency Shelters

One bright April day on a Harvard University lawn, David Melancon stepped out of a white plastic tent carrying a table. Then another. Then he made a few trips to produce 14 chairs. Then a bike, ...