The use of the letter x as a mathematical unknown is a relatively modern convention. Algebra has been around for a lot longer. Daryl Benson/Stockbyte via Getty Images You might be most familiar with x ...

After almost sixty years of stumping progress in geometry, a Korean mathematician has cracked a problem that generations of scholars left unsolved. The so-called moving sofa problem asks how large a ...

Earlier this month, I wrote about AI agents and made a point worth repeating… Agentic AI is here, and it’s moving fast. Well, it turns out I was right on the money. Just a few days after publishing ...

Want to watch 'NOVA: The Great Math Mystery' tonight? Below, you’ll find ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can choose your preferred way to watch. As of now in ...

What if the secrets to the universe’s most perplexing mathematical riddles were no longer locked away, but instead cracked open by an artificial mind? In a new development, OpenAI’s o3-mini model has ...

It’s not that anyone ever said sophisticated math problems can’t be solved by teenagers who haven’t finished high school. But the odds of such a result would have seemed long. Yet a paper posted on ...

Streaming platforms for On the Trail of the Nephilim: Episode 2 - Mathematical Mysteries of the Moundbuilders haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online. ...