AI can rifle through enormous libraries of information to connect far-flung ideas—conceptual leaps remain a purely human skill. The planar unit distance problem, or Erdős problem 90, has intrigued ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

Abstract: Policy space response oracle (PSRO) is a population-based algorithm that can be used to solve two-player zero-sum games. In the PSRO solution framework, optimizing policy diversity is ...

For decades, the idea of two states was seen as the only realistic path to peace. Now, that possibility is rapidly slipping away. A new wave of settlement expansion, shifting borders, and strategic ...

So, you’re looking to get better at LeetCode, huh? It can feel like a huge mountain to climb with all those problems. But honestly, it’s not just about grinding through endless coding challenges.

David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper authored by Cutler and Neil Sloane, the founder of The ...

TOULOUSE—Airbus said it is ready for a two-fighter approach under the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project, with CEO Guillaume Faury declaring that now is not the time for an ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

Looking for good code examples for LeetCode problems? You’re in luck! Lots of people share their solutions online, especially on GitHub. It’s a great way to see how others tackle tough coding ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The annual World Economic Forum confab known as Davos has always had an optics ...

Palestinians pass along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza City, Dec. 30, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem ...