IntroductionOn Sunday, February 5, Olof Sisask and Thomas Bloom received an email containing a stunning breakthrough on the biggest unsolved problem in their field....
IntroductionWhen the paleontologist Michael D’Emic cut into the bones of Majungasaurus, a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed Madagascar 70 million years ago, he suspected...
IntroductionWhat movie do these emojis describe?
That prompt was one of 204 tasks chosen last year to test the ability of various large language models...
IntroductionOur bodies consist of about 30 trillion human cells, but they also host about 39 trillion microbial cells. These teeming communities of bacteria, viruses,...
IntroductionNearly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the primordial plasma of the infant universe cooled enough for the first atoms to coalesce, making space...
IntroductionOnce in a while, a person can take an abstract concept that’s seemingly too vague for formal study and offer an elegant formal definition....
IntroductionIn a new proof, a long-neglected mathematical object has finally gotten its moment in the spotlight.
At first glance, modular forms — functions whose abundant...
IntroductionMaking living cells blink fluorescently like party lights may sound frivolous. But the demonstration that it’s possible could be a step toward someday programming...
