For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

After 80 years of fruitless struggle by human mathematicians, a major geometry conjecture has at last been solved—via a straightforward query to a chatbot. “No previous AI-generated proof has come ...

OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. If this sounds ...

Watching the premiere of “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,” Apple TV subscribers may get a distinct sense of déjà vu. Just last month, the streaming service premiered “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” a ...

When we first meet Paula (Tatiana Maslany), the protagonist of Apple TV+’s new series “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,” she’s attempting to arrange her new apartment, with the help of friend Trevor ...

Created by David Rosen, the 10-episode series which debuts May 20, stars Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, Brandon Flynn, Jessy Hodges, Charlie Hall, Murray Bartlett and more. By Chris Gardner Don’t be ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is standing by his promise to use “maximum warfare” in the battle over redistricting, even following Saturday’s shooting at a press gala where President ...

After law enforcement thwarted a potential attack on the White House correspondents’ dinner with President Donald Trump and top leaders, Republican commentators accused Democrats of using violent ...