OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. If this sounds ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

Using AI chatbots for even just 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, ...

Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...

In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, “I will not go to the emergency room” became my husband’s mantra. Andrej had esophageal cancer that had spread throughout his body (but not to his ever ...

Yet, by one important measure, China’s global heft is shrinking. In dollar terms, China’s gross domestic product, as a share of the global economy, peaked in 2021 at around 18.5%, when it grew to be ...

The Chi is about to enter its final chapter. Paramount+ has unveiled a few new photos (see above and below), providing a first look at the upcoming eighth and final season. Production began in January ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Learn how to confidently apply Coulomb’s Law using a clear, step-by-step problem-solving method. This tutorial breaks down electric force calculations, charge interactions, units, and common mistakes, ...

In the midst of an unprecedented AI buildout, Meta is spending more than most. The company is building two massive data centers, and reporting indicates there will be as much as $600 billion in ...

Every leader spends part of their day managing conflict, whether it’s small disagreements over trade-offs or a full-blown standoff over strategic priorities. Research by the Eckerd College professors ...

You may not want to hear it. You may not want to admit it. But sometimes in life, it isn’t your partner that’s the problem. Not your ex, your boss, your childhood. It’s you. When I work with clients, ...