The P vs NP problem is a fundamental question in computer science, unproven for decades, with immense consequences. If ...

In 1982, one SAT math question was missed by every student because the correct answer was not even listed. The test claimed a ...

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...

Diablo 4 players say Season 14 PTR changes risk hurting build diversity, player agency, crafting, Paragon, and class fantasy.

The bat-and-ball problem is a famous math puzzle that more than half of people—even Harvard graduates—get wrong. It's ...

There's a specific kind of humility that comes with looking at an elementary school worksheet as an adult. Perhaps you're attempting to help your own kid with their homework and realized you've ...

Zvezdelina Stankova has taught mathematics at UC Berkeley for nearly three decades. But in 2023, while teaching introductory calculus for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic ...

Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can. By Alexander Nazaryan Researchers in Switzerland ...

You know how sometimes a road gets repaired just before a VIP is going to visit? Nadim Kobeissi, a computer science researcher at the American University of Beirut, used this to his country’s ...

Apple says testing missed flaws in new encryption designed to protect against future attacks from quantum computers, so it turned to mathematical proofs to make sure the code works correctly before ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden mathematical secret inside the leaves of the Chinese money plant: a naturally occurring geometric pattern known as a Voronoi diagram, something typically associated ...