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Top Mathematician Announces New Institute for A.I. Safety

SIOBHAN ROBERTS

Jacob Tsimerman, a recent recipient of the Fields Medal, believes that higher mathematics can help curb the dangers of runaway artificial intelligence.

There are just five perfect shapes in math—here's why

The five Platonic solids are the epitome of perfection—at least in mathematics. Topology explains why there are only five of them

This cosmic particle was never meant to reach Earth. Now scientists think they finally know why it did

In 2022 researchers detected a very odd photon from an enormous gamma-ray burst that should have been destroyed on its way to Earth

OpenAI claims blockbuster math breakthrough amid swirl of controversy

Prior to the announcement, rumors were circulating online among mathematicians over the proof's origins—OpenAI has denied all allegations

What Is Navier-Stokes, the ‘Millennium’ Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved?

CADE METZ

OpenAI announced today that it had solved the problem, one of seven “Millennium Problems” seen as among the most important in higher mathematics.

A Newer Kind of Gene Editing Promises to Edit ‘Nurture’ Over ‘Nature’

EMILY BAUMGAERTNER NUNN

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.

U.S. to Loan $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa

BRAD PLUMER

No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so.

California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste

RACHEL CERNANSKY

A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.

Fog may be hiding secret ecosystems

There's more to fog than meets the eye

The science of friendship and loneliness

Assistant professor of psychology Jessica Ayers's new research challenges assumptions about the kind of friendships we need

Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming

Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why

SpaceXAI’s Colossus data center is fueling a massive backlash

Dozens of temporary gas turbines are powering SpaceXAI's expansion—and fights over permits and pollution

Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like

An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago

New maps reveal hidden landscapes inside a prehistoric supercontinent

Gondwana was much bigger than we thought, according to the new analysis

Astronomers reveal a new type of celestial object that has been hiding in plain sight for decades

It's unclear what these objects actually are, but evidence for them has been detected by NASA's Chandra space telescope for years