In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

A few months before the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in July, a three-person team at OpenAI made a long bet that they could use the competition’s brutally tough problems to train an ...

To come up with a result as weird as this, you need to be using some equally mind-bending math – and indeed, this paradox comes to us from the world of set theoretic geometry. If that’s not familiar ...

A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.

A scientist proposes a new law of physics suggesting the universe may be a digital simulation, linking physics, biology, and ...

Scientists have identified a never-before-seen supernova, SN2021yfj, which exploded after losing nearly all of its outer layers. Instead of light elements, it revealed silicon and sulfur from deep ...

HERNDON, Va., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, today announced a key milestone in achieving interoperability between its ground system ...

New UC Davis research links sense of purpose to lower dementia risk. Adults with strong purpose in life were 28% less likely to develop cognitive decline. Findings suggest purpose may protect the ...

Credit One Bank is expected to begin disbursing payments as part of a $14 million class-action settlement over allegations of unauthorized robocalls made between 2014 and 2019. The lawsuit claims that ...