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Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why.

22 September 2026 at 11:00
In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error β€” not just the solutions themselves β€” is often what has led to progress.

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An early computer. After World War II, computers became the tool with which math and engineering moved forward in tandem. Will they now be math’s undoing?

A T. Rex Walked Here: Teacher Finds Rare Footprints in North Dakota

15 September 2026 at 17:19
Kent Hups, a high school science teacher in Colorado, discovered a 23-foot trackway of fossilized dinosaur footprints, which offer a glimpse of how the apex predator moved 66 million years ago.

The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice

6 September 2026 at 06:36
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor β€” a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.

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Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You.

31 August 2026 at 21:10
Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.

Β© Benjamin Rasmussen for The New York Times

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