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The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses Language

2 days ago

Even in a world where large language models (LLMs) and AI chatbots...

What Are Lie Groups?

4 days ago

In mathematics, ubiquitous objects called groups display nearly magical powers. Though they’re...

‘Reverse Mathematics’ Illuminates Why Hard Problems Are Hard

6 days ago

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck...

Particle Physicists Detect ‘Magic’ at the Large Hadron Collider

12 days ago

Ninety million times a year, when protons crash together at the Large...

A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life

13 days ago

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that...

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

16 days ago

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

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

18 days ago

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

Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback

20 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.

23 days ago

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

New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities

25 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

27 days ago

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

Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics

about 1 month ago

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