Scientific American

The million-dollar race to ‘blow up’ math’s hardest equations

These are math’s most famous open questions. Solve one, and you’ll win a $1-million prize—but it’s only happened once since ...
Education Week

Here Are the Math Concepts That Trip Up Middle and High School Students

Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among ...
Scientific American

AI scores a ‘C-’ on its hardest math test yet

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got ...

They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I.

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mathematicians Puzzled Over a Famous Problem for 80 Years. Now, They’ve Used A.I. to Identify a Clever Solution

In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now ...
Wall Street Journal

A Famous Math Problem Stumped Humans for 80 Years. AI Just Cracked It.

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...
Mint

A universal basic income won’t solve the AI unemployment problem—here’s what will

There is a palpable fear among American workers that artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for their jobs. The answer to that fear, as I’ve argued, is to make job loss less scary by building a new ...
Time

8 Signs You’re the Problem in Your Arguments

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The American Conservative

This Is the Basic Political Problem for Republicans

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... This headline captures President Donald Trump and the Republicans’ midterm election problems in a nutshell: Inflation in March hit its ...
AOL

These 38 Basic Math Problems Look Easy, Until You Try To Solve Them – Test Yourself

Let's keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.
International Rescue Committee

5 urgent problems the world faces in 2026

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...
Travel + Leisure

We Asked 5 Experts If Basic Economy Is Really Worth It—Here's What They Said

We get it—travel is getting expensive. And when budgets are tight, it makes sense to spend your money on experiences at your destination rather than the flight that gets you there. That’s where “basic ...