We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with the emergence of writing, about five to six thousand years ago. However, a new study challenges this assumption looking at floral ...

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a new reinforcement learning (RL) framework that helps train large language models (LLMs) for complex agentic tasks ...

Computers are extremely good with numbers, but they haven’t gotten many human mathematicians fired. Until recently, they could barely hold their own in high school-level math competitions. But now ...

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In the 1960s, the Soviet climatologist and mathematician Mikhail Budyko set out to investigate the potential future of a planet on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. He started by looking some 600 ...

What began as an art of folding paper is now reshaping technology. This film explores how origami is transforming modern engineering. Missing this one pay date may be too much for Trump, Congress to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

An inferiority complex might just sound like another one of those overused, relatable buzzwords. But it’s way more than the usual insecurity you get after yet another job rejection or noticing your ...

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Google DeepMind has used chatbot models to come up with solutions to major problems in mathematics and computer science. The system, called AlphaEvolve, combines the creativity of a large language ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Imagine a piece of complex origami. You want to understand how it works, so you start looking for a place to begin unfolding it. With each corner of ...