The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum ...

A decade ago, Karen Lloyd discovered single-celled microbes living beneath the seafloor. Now she studies how they can survive ...

The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even ...

The quest to find the longest-running simple computer program has identified a new champion. It’s physically impossible to ...

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Patchen Barss is a Toronto-based science journalist and author. He has contributed to Scientific American, the BBC and Nautilus, among others. His latest book is The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose ...

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is ...

Fan Chung, who has an Erdős number of 1, discusses the importance of connection — both human and mathematical.