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What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity?
Ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects the infinite, has long been dismissed a...
Why Math’s Final Axiom Proved So Controversial
Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory is so widely accepted that modern mathematicians har...
Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet
Scientists keep detecting new forms of ice. According to simulations, there coul...
A New Type of Neuroplasticity Rewires the Brain After a...
“Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mecha...
A Powerful New ‘QR Code’ Untangles Math’s Knottiest Knots
With a newly discovered mathematical tool, researchers are hoping to gain unprec...
What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns Biology’s Wheels?
The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its worki...
Quantum ‘Jamming’ Explores the Truly Fundamental Princi...
Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if th...
The Ancient Weapons Active in Your Immune System Today
Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses b...
The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived
AI is being used to prove new results at a rapid pace. Mathematicians think this...
Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?
Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipu...
Experiments Ring the ‘Death Knell’ for Sterile Neutrinos
Decades of weird experimental results appeared to support the existence of the s...
