In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

Alexander Grothendieck was a titan in his field, making deep connections that fuelled a revolution in mathematics, before ...

Dan Shipper in Chain of Thought Last week I wrote that we’d be publishing a few excerpts from a book I’m writing about the worldview I’ve developed by writing, coding, and living with AI. Here’s the ...

In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it remained unproven for decades. Mathematicians from Australia and France have ...

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death last week sparked reactions across the country, but not all of them are accurate. Social media has been flooded with false claims about how athletes ...

Dr. Lepore is a professor of history and law at Harvard and the author of “We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.” In 2016, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, read James Madison’s ...

TSMC remains the key AI winner with dominant market share, strong capacity growth, and rising profits despite global ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Melanie Pinola If you’ve ever had a pen mysteriously wander away from your ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications has fundamentally altered the economic calculus for enterprise IT departments, with analysts predicting ...

A false story spread after Charlie Kirk's death. It claimed Simone Biles wrote a blog about him. The post referenced Kirk's past insults towards Biles. It alleged Biles responded after his death. Fact ...

Donald Trump claimed drug costs would decrease by a thousand per cent, confusing viewers when he later stated a $10 pill would rise to $20. His statement left many baffled on social media. In an ...