Today Merle received this year’s Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for his achievements. The prize comes with a $3-million ...

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People often solve simple arithmetic problems, such as basic addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, in their ...

Remember that math problem from 2014? A Chinese AI tool cracked it ...

GPT-5.4 Pro cracked a conjecture in number theory that had stumped generations of mathematicians, using a proof strategy that ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

Those changes will be contested, in math as in other academic disciplines wrestling with AI’s impact. As AI models become a ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

Leanna Pitsoulakis took a lap around her freshmen honors math class at Carl Sandburg High School, scanning the work spread across each student’s desk before returning to the front of the room with a ...

You’re never too old to learn something new. People are losing their minds over how simple — yet tricky — an elementary school-level math equation posted on X (formerly Twitter) is. Over the weekend, ...

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...