New research reveals why even state-of-the-art large language models stumble on seemingly easy tasks—and what it takes to fix ...

The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the ...

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Teachers are grappling with how to incorporate artificial intelligence into education. A handful of schools are structuring ...

Airbound is a drone startup on a mission to make logistics virtually invisible. What the company imagines is an internet for ...

Clockwise from top left Tom Needham, Martin Bauer, Wojciech Ożański and Jeremy Usatine. (Devin Bittner/FSU College of Arts and Sciences) Four Florida State University faculty from the Department of ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

For generations, the math of owning a home was simple: Buy a place and stay put for about five years, and rising home values would cover what you spent to get in the door. That “five-year rule” became ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

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 ...