Some people are just the go-tos when anyone in their circle has a problem. They give great advice, are always understanding, and have an energy that makes people want to approach them for help. The ...

The Delian problem, an ancient Greek mathematical riddle, challenged scholars to double the volume of a cube using only a compass and straightedge—an elegant puzzle that proved to be impossible.

The AI gold rush is running headfirst into some severe bottlenecks. Goldman Sachs expects U.S. data-center power demand to surge by a whopping 165% by 2030, while Morgan Stanley projects $3 trillion ...

Scientists at Cambridge University and Jerusalem's Hebrew University selected the problem to pose to ChatGPT because of its non-obvious solution. Since Plato's writing 2,400 years ago, scholars have ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

If this stock market were a house, it would look great from the outside but its dimensions would raise architectural concerns.

How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels' problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving is revealed in newly published research from the universities of Chester ...

Trump is right saying the UN is 'creating problems to solve': Trace Gallagher The CSD knows the legacy media isn’t exactly Trump-friendly, but the very liberal media company called Trump’s U.N. speech ...

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CAMBRIDGE, England — When two researchers at the University of Cambridge challenged ChatGPT with a classic puzzle from ancient Greece, they found that the model sometimes behaved less like a search ...

"Math Homework Hotline" has been solving problems for local students for 33 seasons. Hillsborough County Schools produce the show and help kids in all grades. What Jimmy Kimmel said on his first night ...

For many students, correct answers often take center stage in math class, while reasoning becomes an afterthought. Even when “showing your work” gets factored into grading, kids may put in minimal ...