OpenAI makes big splash with AI finding math problem breakthrough. Real lesson is to use AI to find counterexamples. An AI ...

The organisation has launched 22 time-bound, thesis-driven philanthropic funds and programmes addressing global challenges.

The organisation has launched 22 time-bound, thesis-driven philanthropic funds and programmes addressing global challenges.

Solve the math puzzle from our June 2026 issue, where an ant navigates the surface of various objects to find the shortest ...

OpenAI has revealed a breakthrough proof that overturns a nearly 80-year-old geometry conjecture posed by Paul Erdős.

Thanks to some surprising advances, mathematicians are starting to realize that artificial intelligence could radically alter ...

Little progress had been made in solving Ramsey problems since the 1930s. Now, researchers have found the answer to r(4,t), a longstanding Ramsey problem that has perplexed the math world for decades.

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...

Educational posters hang on a wall inside a transitional kindergarten classroom at Ira Harbison Elementary School in National City on April 21, 2026. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters Welcome to ...

People often solve simple arithmetic problems, such as basic addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, in their minds. The precise mental processes they rely on to solve these problems, ...

In 2019, scientists from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, published groundbreaking research in Science Advances demonstrating that honeybees can understand the concepts of addition and ...

The tipping point came in the summer of 2025. That July, several artificial intelligence models solved five out of six problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad, an annual challenge for some ...