This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Living in New York City, I’m often asked if I go down to Times Square for the festivities on New Year’s Eve. That’s a hard no; I can’t think of a ...

China-born Carina Hong, a 24-year-old Stanford dropout, has drawn an elite group of AI researchers and a world-renowned mathematician to Axiom Math, her startup building an AI mathematician. Hong’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...