When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

More early-career researchers will be able to explore the depth and beauty of pure mathematics at the University of Bristol, thanks to £2.4 million in research funding from the leading algorithmic ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1974, five years before he wrote his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter was ...

Over the past couple of years, Timbaland has positioned himself as one of the few contemporary pop figures willing to fully embrace the use of artificial intelligence in music. He’s partnered with the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence. By Alexander Nazaryan Artificial intelligence can write a ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

DARPA sees AI as accelerating advancements in "pure math," potentially benefiting practical applications like fluid dynamics technologies. Credit: Creative Commons The U.S. Defense Advanced Research ...

Math For All in Boulder took place on April 5th 2025 at the Williams Village Center in the CU Boulder campus. The conference had 75 participants from over 20 different universities and colleges which ...

Ingrid Daubechies, James B. Duke distinguished professor emerita of mathematics, was named a recipient of the National Medal of Science by President Joe Biden for her trailblazing work on signal ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...