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Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His ...

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...

A 50-year mortgage sounds like a new way to make homes affordable—but experts aren’t convinced it's a good idea for home buyers or the housing market.

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The rushed and uneven rollout of A.I. has created a fog in which it is tempting to conclude that there is nothing to see here ...

Your daughter aced her freshman biology class and came home announcing she wants to be a biomedical engineer. Meanwhile, your ...

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.