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

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Xania Monet, a digital AI avatar created by Telisha Nikki Jones, has a song 'How Was I supposed to Know' that's No. 30 on the ...

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DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...

In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed in a highly influential paper that if a civilization were to become capable of creating simulated universes, it would create so many of them — many of them ...

When the doors used to swing shut at Chandler Gilbert Community College’s Coyote Center before near-annual preseason matchups between Arizona and Saint Mary’s, the only people left in the gym were ...

Looks like Gen Z’s gone vanilla. Millennials and Gen X are almost seven times more likely to be interested in polyamory than ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has supersized the standard deduction for seniors. Starting with 2025 federal returns (filed in 2026), taxpayers 65 and older can claim up to $6,000 in addition to the ...