Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

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There are few things more pleasing to your average mathematician than when a result surprises you. Take e, for example – a transcendentally irrational number equal to a little more than 2.7 – and ...

If you’ve ever grabbed your phone “for just five minutes” and somehow found yourself still scrolling through TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts an hour later, you can relate. Many people assume ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers through the first four episodes of Squid Game: The Challenge season 2. If you haven’t watched the first batch of episodes yet, bookmark this and come ...

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex. Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Research Initiative, explores how math can help solve ...

What if the key to solving humanity’s most complex challenges, curing diseases, creating sustainable energy, or even unraveling the mysteries of the universe, was hidden in the quantum realm? With its ...

President Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping approved a deal for a group of American investors to take control of TikTok’s U.S. operations. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images The future of TikTok ...

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational ...