Researchers got a better look at chatbots’ thoughts, amateurs learned just how complicated simple systems can be, and codes ...

Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held ...

Physicists discovered strange supersolids, constructed new kinds of superconductors, and continued to make the case that the ...

Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future.

Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial ...

Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay.

To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.

In a first, researchers have shown that adding more “qubits” to a quantum computer can make it more resilient. It’s an essential step on the long road to practical applications. Three new species of ...

We often consider spoken language to be a feature that distinguishes humans from other forms of animal life. Brain research, however, suggests that other creatures — including certain birds — share ...

Bacteria are in, around and all over us. They thrive in almost every corner of the planet, from deep-sea hydrothermal vents to high up in the clouds, to the crevices of your ears, mouth, nose and gut.

Three high schoolers and their mentor revisited a century-old theorem to prove that all knots can be found in a fractal called the Menger sponge. In the fall of 2021, Malors Espinosa set out to devise ...

No device is an island: Your daily computational needs depend on more than just the microprocessors inside your computer or phone. Our modern world relies on “distributed computing,” which shares the ...