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A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science

about 16 hours ago

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory...

Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe

3 days ago

Tinkering at their desks with the mathematics of quantum space and time...

Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback

5 days ago

The force we experience most intimately remains the most mysterious. Physicists understand...

Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.

8 days ago

On a radiant July afternoon, a pair of scientists hung their heads...

New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities

10 days ago

In the mid-19th century, the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau — who had...

To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle

12 days ago

The mathematical conundrums that Marijn Heule has helped crack in the last...

Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics

15 days ago

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led...

How Your Brain Creates ‘Aha’ Moments and Why They Stick

17 days ago

Here are three words: pine, crab, sauce. There’s a fourth word that...

What Is a Manifold?

19 days ago

Standing in the middle of a field, we can easily forget that...

In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert

22 days ago

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human...

Carlo Rovelli’s Radical Perspective on Reality

24 days ago

Sitting outside a Catholic church on the French Riviera, Carlo Rovelli jutted...

Shark Data Suggests Animals Scale Like Geometric Objects

26 days ago

It’s a universal fact that as any 3D object, from a Platonic...