In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

In 2024, Olli Loukola of the Finland co-authored a study demonstrating that bumblebees could cooperate to solve complex ...

The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why ...

In recent years, the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has shifted from quiet curiosity to relentless noise. Conference taglines, vendor solicitations, and slide decks all seem to begin with the ...

We have a motto on the NASA Psyche mission team: The best news is bad news brought early. Below, Lindy Elkins-Tanton shares ...

A team of physicists from the University at Buffalo has developed a user-friendly method that allows researchers to solve complex quantum problems, once thought to require massive supercomputers, on ...

By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair students up.