Explore 25 thought experiments that challenge reality, from simulations to brains in vats. Question existence, identity, and ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

Have you ever imagined the solution to a logic problem instead of calculating it? Such “thought experiments” are carried out using one’s imagination rather than doing actual research. Typically ...

Everyday frustrations in science, from clogged grant systems to confusing public messages, are not just abstract complaints. In a 2016 survey of 270 scientists, researchers identified concrete ...

When my cofounder and I were accepted into a competitive startup accelerator program in fall 2025, we applied with an ambitious idea: to build an “AI scientist” for machine learning research. What ...

When the Clay Mathematics Institute put individual $1-million prize bounties on seven unsolved mathematical problems, they may have undervalued one entry—by a lot. If mathematicians were to resolve, ...

The 3rd annual STARward STEM Expo took place on Tuesday at Douglas Byrd High School in Fayetteville. The event hosted over 200 students representing teams from kindergarten through the 12th grade.