How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...

When Mark looked over his fifth grade son’s homework, he expected to see a few mistakes in math or spelling. Instead, he ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

“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 ...

Dr Jin Cheng (Jess Hong) pulls a Sir Isaac Newton move in the VR game in "3 Body Problem." Credit: Netflix If you're the type of person who yells "wey-oh!" if someone in a TV show says the name of the ...

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 ...

3 Body Problem seasons 2 and 3 may not feature one actor from season 1. Based on the novel by Liu Cixin, the sci-fi Netflix series from creators David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo released ...

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Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Google is rolling out Gemini 3.1 Pro as a preview. The upgraded model improves reasoning and problem-solving. There’s no date for when Gemini 3.1 Pro will be generally available, but Google says it ...

In November, Google introduced Gemini 3 Pro in preview, with Gemini 3 Flash following a month later. Google today announced Gemini 3.1 Pro “for tasks where a simple answer isn’t enough.” This .1 ...