German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

Nowhere on XKCD’s map of The Contiguous 41 States does it say that you need to find the missing seven states, but that’s immediately where my mind went. And it was a little more challenging than I ...

Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...

A pioneering AI-driven system that works directly in the aisle, operating 24/7 to increase throughput while reducing manual labor by 90% Locus Robotics, the leader in Flexibility-First Warehouse ...

Locus Robotics, the leader in Flexibility-First Warehouse Automation, today announced the global launch of Locus Array. The fully autonomous fulfillment system combines mobile robotics, an integrated ...

SAN JOSE, California – NetApp used its GTC slot to showcase infrastructure offerings aimed at boosting enterprise AI efforts. Among its offerings on display in sunny San Jose was NetApp AI Data Engine ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...