AI can rifle through enormous libraries of information to connect far-flung ideas—conceptual leaps remain a purely human skill. The planar unit distance problem, or Erdős problem 90, has intrigued ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

It looks sort of like a euro banknote. It’s daintier than a dollar. The marvel of the Modern Texas Redback is its weight and sheen, heavy like cardstock and metallic like a fun house mirror. Attorneys ...

Have you ever found yourself in need of some cord or thin rope when you're engrossed in a DIY project, but just can't find any in your craft supply stash? If you happen to have a spider plant in your ...

The U.S. government recently retired the penny after two centuries because it had become too expensive to mint. Some bitcoin miners are facing a similar existential threat. For many miners, it has ...

NEW YORK, Mar. 27, 2026 – As a result of a coin toss conducted today, the Toronto Tempo has chosen to select sixth in the first round of the league’s 30 th annual draft when the WNBA Draft 2026 ...

The team that will pick first in next week's WNBA expansion draft has been decided. The Toronto Tempo won the coin toss on Friday and elected to take the sixth pick in the WNBA draft, meaning the ...

David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper authored by Cutler and Neil Sloane, the founder of The ...

Every Super Bowl, without fail, one of the biggest moments to bet on occurs right before the opening kickoff, even though it's a bet based on pure luck. The pre-game coin flip continues to attract ...

Controversy erupts over Super Bowl LX coin toss confusion at Levi's Stadium. Seattle called 'tails,' but the coin landed on 'heads,' leading to outrage. USA just won the kind of game America can't ...

Editor's note: Follow live Super Bowl score updates, results and highlights with our game blog. Could someone's Super Bowl 60 luck have changed with the flip of a coin? Sometimes a coin flip can ...