Read about how mathematicians are dealing with the AI takeover of their field in our newest feature here. For the second time ever, someone has solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems—math’s ...

New York City just hit pause on students' use of AI. Will other districts follow suit? And should they? The answer may impact all of us far into the future, as I explain below. Perhaps we can all ...

A growing number of Americans report they are unable to quit or cut down. By Roni Caryn Rabin A growing number of Americans say their cannabis use is problematic, according to a large new study ...

The number of Americans who met criteria for alcohol use disorder decreased by several million over five years, a survey found. By Ted Alcorn Americans appear to be moderating — at least when it comes ...

On May 20, 2026, OpenAI made an announcement that shook the mathematical world. An internal AI model — one not available to the public — had come up with a counterexample to the “unit distance” ...

The stench of burning plastic smacked Vicky Vivaldi in the face. Her Ford F-150’s air conditioning had failed—a pretty big deal in the throes of an Orlando July. “I was like, I cannot be in Florida ...

A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware. Researchers used tensor networks to compress the overwhelming wave function ...

More than 40% of workers in the U.S. are using AI at their job, according to a recent study, but many might not be able to distinguish between helpful and potentially harmful adoptions of the ...

The video assistant referee system, or VAR, has led to some controversial calls at the 2026 World Cup. Here’s why. Egypt was eliminated from the tournament with a 3-2 loss to Argentina, after having ...

A conversation with journalist Josh Tyrangiel about treating AI as a strategic advantage, not just a tool. Many organizations are investing heavily in AI, but too few are asking the most important ...

Data centers, in case you haven’t heard, have a water problem. As AI companies race to build the massive computing facilities needed to train and run powerful ...

Allstate and IBM are tackling a fundamental challenge in insurance, balancing risk across entire portfolios, by applying solutions from computer science. The collaboration addresses a computational ...