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

The table shows the pin configuration of the Arduino UNO–based robotic arm. The red (VCC) wires of all servos are connected ...

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 backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks ...

Artificial intelligence has attained an impressive series of feats—solving problems from the International Math Olympiad, ...

AI systems are beginning to produce proof ideas that experts take seriously, even when final acceptance is still pending.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

You might know iOS 26's big bells and whistles, but its lesser-talked-about features can actually make your life easier. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and ...