Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

New research reveals why even state-of-the-art large language models stumble on seemingly easy tasks—and what it takes to fix ...

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A group of middle school girls is puzzling over a pie chart about reading habits in the U.S. Their "math designer" stands at the front of the room, encouraging students to share what they "notice and ...

The “6, 7” chant has taken social media by storm, with children repeating the numbers in schools nationwide. Students say the ...

Meta's work made headlines and raised a possibility once considered pure fantasy: that AI could soon outperform the world's best mathematicians by cracking math's marquee "unsolvable" problems en ...

Oddsmakers provided insight into the odds for the fight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua set for Friday, Dec. 19 at the ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

Going meat-free for just a few weeks can trigger surprising changes, from gut bacteria shifts to lower cholesterol. But the key to reaping the benefits isn’t just what you cut out—it’s what you add in ...

The Week 14 college football schedule is headlined by several high-profile rivalry games this weekend, including Ohio State-Michigan, Texas A&M-Texas and Vanderbilt-Tennessee. The three top-25 ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an ...