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 ...

For most people, the image of runners circling a track may suggest competition, but for Tanupat Trakulthongchai, a second-year mathematics undergraduate at St John’s College at Oxford University, it ...

A historic feat, star-style oath, and some first big decisions later, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam supremo and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay is all set to face a trust vote in the state ...

Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar no longer has to navigate the post-poll puzzle surrounding C Joseph Vijay’s majority claims. After three days of frantic negotiations, shifting alliance positions, ...

Thalapathy Vijay won Tamil Nadu on May 4, 2026. But when the state voted for him, they didn't vote for Vijay, the politician. They voted for Vijay, the feeling. It's a tricky space to be in, because ...

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Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most original problems. Those booklets get shared among delegations, then quietly ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

GPT just keeps getting better at mathematics, increasingly solving the trickiest of problems. In January, AI testing company Epoch AI found that a previous version of the AI model, GPT-5.2 Pro had ...

The American workforce expects an unmet need for over a million employees to fill STEM-related jobs by 2030. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

Some kids struggle with math. Now, scientists have pinpointed some of the specific thinking processes and brain regions that might explain why math is a little harder for some than others. When given ...

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...