A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

24-year-old founder and CEO Carina Hong created Axiom Math in March 2025 and has recruited a team of ten employees, most of whom are from Meta, to build a math-focused AI model. Last fall, Carina Hong ...

A graduate student recently harnessed the complexity of mathematical proofs to create a powerful new tool in cryptography.

Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...

President Donald Trump’s claims about prescription drug prices make no mathematical sense. But his team – including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week – keeps straining to defend them.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders pressed RFK Jr. on Capitol Hill about the Trump administration's exaggerated claims of lowering drug prices since launching TrumpRx.com Stefani ...

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Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most original problems. Those booklets get shared among delegations, then quietly ...

One does not simply stop Nikola Jokić, but the Minnesota Timberwolves have been uniquely bad at that all season. That might be an issue in the first round. The Minnesota Timberwolves face a dire ...

Nikola Joki isn't someone you stop, he's someone you limit ... are the exact 10 words I used to open my last piece about Joki. For the Minnesota Timberwolves, though, he isn't someone you limit. He's ...

To observe a SpaceX launch in person, as I did in February, is to witness a stunning and galvanic event. Two of the company’s greatest feats occur in quick succession. First, there’s the launch itself ...

Eighth graders can be successful in Algebra 1, new research suggests—they just might need some extra support. The findings come from a study of San Francisco schools, which has had a turbulent history ...