IBM and University of Chicago researchers have completed a quantum computation that leading classical methods could not ...

Despite being 3.5-point underdogs heading into a "revenge" game of sorts against the reigning Super Bowl champions, don't assume Drake Maye and Co. are destined for a second straight loss to the ...

On May 20, 2026, OpenAI made an announcement that shook the mathematical world. An internal AI model — one not available to the public — had come up with a counterexample to the “unit distance” ...

Nearly 400 noncitizens voted in New Jersey elections after a software glitch caused more than 6,000 noncitizens to be registered to vote in New Jersey over the course of a year, Gov. Mikie Sherrill ...

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware. Researchers used tensor networks to compress the overwhelming wave function ...

Slopsquatting is a new type of supply chain attack that uses large language model (LLM) hallucinations to inject malicious code into development workflows. The term combines "AI slop" and ...

Dr. Le Cunff is a neuroscientist who studies curiosity. More than 60 percent of Google searches in the United States now end without the user clicking on a link. We type a question, read an artificial ...

A conversation with author Anne Morriss on why the slow and steady approach can leave issues unresolved. When it comes to solving complex, layered problems, the default for many organizational leaders ...

The bees had to roll the ball under a blue "flower," then stand atop the moved object to access a sweet treat. Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Some bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, a ...

Agentic AI is now a core part of the engineering process, driving massive execution leverage and helping us generate more code than ever before. Yet, a difficult question I’ve increasingly heard from ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...