Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state, generates nearly 5.5 million metric tons of solid waste every year. The state’s formal waste management system handles less than half of this, with homes and ...

Scientists at Fudan University, Peking University, and the Shanghai Academy of AI for Science (SAIS) used an artificial intelligence system called Packing Star to solve a 300-year-old maths problem ...

After days of competing forecasts and press conferences about what was coming, the late January storm blew in on a Sunday morning, not quite a blizzard but more than enough snow and wind to turn ...

It was late morning Wednesday and much of the Middle East and official Washington seemed certain President Donald Trump would launch punishing airstrikes against Iran, his second major use of American ...

A decades-old rule in mathematics has just been pushed beyond its long-standing limits, opening new ground for how scientists describe the physical world. At the University of Vaasa in Finland, ...

As remote and hybrid work models have become the norm, the line between personal and professional digital life has blurred almost beyond recognition. Employees routinely use company-issued laptops and ...

Our twenties can feel like a lot: first real jobs, first big heartbreaks, first “I have no idea what I’m doing” moments. They’re exciting, exhausting, and sometimes chaotic. In the middle of all that, ...

The infinite hotel paradox imagines a hotel with endless rooms that somehow runs out of space. Even when new guests arrive, the manager can always make room—until the logic collapses under its own ...

If iOS 15 has unleashed a can of bugs, proving to be a nightmare for many, macOS 12 Monterey seems to be treading down the same path. Barring a few weird issues, most macOS 12 problems are common and ...