These are math’s most famous open questions. Solve one, and you’ll win a $1-million prize—but it’s only happened once since the Clay Mathematics Institute announced the list in 2000. Mathematicians ...

CTC says students in the Engineering Battle Bots class put their creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to the test as they designed, built, and programmed robots using LEGO Mindstorms ...

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

A famed physicist’s scribbles reveal the answer to a quintessential dilemma: When dining out, is it better to stick with an old favorite, or try something new? Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard ...

ChatGPT's breakthrough is not what it seems.

Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on ...

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among ...