Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers. Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation By applying a 1980s ...

But by this spring, Khan had admitted that the release of Khanmigo was “a non-event” for many kids. Although access exploded, ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

In 1742, a Prussian mathematician named Christian Goldbach wrote a letter to the great Leonhard Euler with a deceptively simple observation: every even number greater than 2 seems to be the sum of two ...

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Around the world, algorithms are increasingly being asked to do something once reserved for human judgment: help decide who should remain free and who should be deprived of liberty. In recent years, ...

A team of researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the University of Turin, investigating how fast a fluid filled with particles mixes with a particle-free one, has ...