Quantum computers still face limits when it comes to storing information. Researchers at ETH Zurich are now turning to ...

Large language models can write essays, solve math problems, and generate computer code, but it’s not fully understood how ...

Fusion energy has always had a tritium problem. The fuel that powers every leading reactor design barely exists on Earth in usable quantities, and the best candidate for breeding it inside a reactor — ...

When checking that solutions to certain problems are correct, it turns out, you can’t get around the inherent complexity of ...

AI companies are hiring philosophy graduates to help them understand the nature of consciousness, whether it can be ...

A surge of funding and federal action is giving the once-futuristic technology a more immediate role in everything from ...

Studying the epic journey of the iconic jumping plumber can lead to new insights in theoretical computer science—and may help researchers understand the tractability of problems in other areas.

If, as novelist-philosopher Samuel Butler wrote in 1878, “a hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg”, then a galaxy may only be a black hole’s way of making another black hole. To put it ...

Agentic AI is now a core part of the engineering process, driving massive execution leverage and helping us generate more code than ever before. Yet, a difficult question I’ve increasingly heard from ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...