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This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

A revolutionary treatment for autoimmune diseases could be on the horizon. Twenty-four million to 50 million Americans have an autoimmune disease, in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks ...

Prime numbers—numbers divisible only by 1 and themselves—have long fascinated mathematicians. This year a researcher discovered the largest known prime number, with a whopping 41,024,320 digits. It ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike ...

We’re seeing some new developments in AI models that are shedding light on one of the technology’s most prominent gaps – its relative inability to do math well. Some experts note that AI is ...

ChatGPT has already wreaked havoc on classrooms and changed how teachers approach writing homework, since OpenAI publicly launched the generative AI chatbot in late 2022. School administrators rushed ...

Investors expressed concerns over the return on investment from substantial AI infrastructure spending. Alec Young, chief investment strategist at Mapsignals, noted that despite massive investments, ...