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Researchers found that some animals could “count” carrots in a test—and may have better numerical skills than dogs or horses.

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For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended ...

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As the cult Hulu comedy arrives on physical media for the first time, the creator-star reflects on its surprising prescience, reveals an unmade movie and explains why she'd still love to reunite TV's ...

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“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

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After 80 years of fruitless struggle by human mathematicians, a major geometry conjecture has at last been solved—via a straightforward query to a chatbot. “No previous AI-generated proof has come ...

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 ...