A superconducting quantum computer is part of a network that is mining an experimental cryptocurrency called Quip, and it is able to do it faster and with better energy efficiency than conventional ma ...

The White House announced the winners of its first Presidential AI Challenge, a nationwide competition aimed to spur students ...

Whenever I get coffee with a mathematician, I always ask which of the seven Millennium Problems they think will be next to ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

Critics of artificial intelligence caution that, as a relatively new technology, its long-term effects on the human brain are still unknown. But a new study shows that AI could be dangerous even in ...

Researchers say the findings raise questions about what happens to our brains and patterns if we depend too much on AI. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...

Crows, ravens, and other corvids consistently rank among the most intelligent animals on Earth. These birds possess problem-solving abilities that rival those of great apes, despite having very ...

We’ve all heard the advice to “sleep on it,” but science is starting to show that this isn’t just a comforting phrase – it may reflect something real happening inside the brain. A new study suggests ...

When a startup struggles, founders usually assume the solution is obvious: more marketing, more hiring, or more capital. But in my experience advising founders, the real issue is usually something ...

A recent study has found that dreaming about a specific problem can help people find creative solutions the next day. By playing specialized sounds while participants slept, scientists were able to ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

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