Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers—supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

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Google Project Suncatcher is a new research moonshot to one day scale machine learning in space. Working backward from this potential future, they are ...

An early dusting of snow greeted much of the WAVY viewing area Tuesday morning, and the northern lights capped off the night. But will they show up again Wednesday night? The view of the ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Researchers are uncovering the origins of cosmic rays, linking them to mysterious cosmic accelerators called PeVatrons New research from astrophysicists at Michigan State University may bring scientis ...

For the first time with a quarterback not named Tom Brady, the Patriots (9-2) have won eight straight games. And they seem to ...