Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

Besides swapping out rocks for cardboard, board games haven’t really changed much.

Quantum computer research is advancing at a rapid pace. Today's devices, however, still have significant limitations: For example, the length of a quantum computation is severely limited—that is, the ...

If today’s NYT Connections puzzle is giving you trouble, you’re not alone. With 16 words on the board and only four mistakes allowed, it’s easy to get ...

Here’s how: prior to the transformer, what you had was essentially a set of weighted inputs. You had LSTMs (long short term memory networks) to enhance backpropagation – but there were still some ...

Your brain calculates complex physics every day and you don't even notice. This neuromorphic chip taps into the same idea.

The royal prerogative of mercy exists to pardon people convicted of criminal offenses, but the king is unlikely to use his ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can't verify them. How will we know if they're right?

Researchers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan have published a mathematical argument that, they say, rules out ...

As Anthropic releases its most autonomous agents yet, a mounting clash with the military reveals the impossible choice ...

Soon after wildfires ripped through Los Angeles last year, California politicians and the media knew whom to blame: the oil ...