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 ...

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in ...

This month, 30 mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to grade a consequential and difficult problem set. This wasn’t just any test; its outcome would guide a field grappling with existential ...

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among middle school students, whose achievement has stagnated after years of steady ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is slated to go public this week at a market cap of $1.75 trillion, which would make it one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies in the world overnight. But ...

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There is an alarm bell going off in consumer credit. Just not the typical one. According to tracking by the New York Fed, the percentage of credit-card loan balances that were 90 days or more ...

There have been a lot of major NFL trades this offseason, including as late as last week. The Pittsburgh Steelers were a part of that news cycle, and they may have made one of the more underrated ...

U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, speaks at the Women's Empowerment Luncheon in Richmond Heights, Ohio, Saturday, March 9, 2024. U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown and other local and statewide elected officials ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...