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In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the ...

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First of all, apologies, as I have no idea how this works in India. In many European countries, but also in the USA, classic ...

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

A cancer patient might live in a town with four oncology groups, but only one accepts his insurance — the one owned by his ...

The journalist Colin Woodard explores how the political differences that developed before our nation’s founding still can be ...

Tomorrow, on October 21, 2025, a cosmic game of hide-and-seek will begin. The enigmatic interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, will align perfectly on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth, a celestial ...