When I was in college, one of the most interesting classes I ever took was a philosophy course. On the surface, philosophy sounds like a rather difficult topic to understand. What I learned, however, ...

A new study gave five frontier AI models 1,000 real-world claims to fact-check. They disagreed on 67% of them.

This is so well understood that we now have cultural phenomena such as Godwin’s Law, the theory that online debates ...

Starting in early spring, Lake Erie's algae situation gets so toxic that officials make sure to monitor it—but it seems far ...

News that large language models (LLM) have made major advances in solving Erdős problems – a set of problems formulated by the renowned 20 th-century mathematician Paul Erdős – has created an ...

A newly released report, which was based on a study that launched in 2024 following a ProPublica investigation, flags nearly 140 doctors across the country with "concerning" billing patterns.

It focuses on complex operational systems where conventional approaches have already been exhausted. Its work aims to ...

Then it’s kind of a mystery to try to figure out why and how they’re related.” The Riemann hypothesis has proved to be a font ...

Auditors are flagging major problems with the handling of tax dollars by the L.A. Homeless Services Authority. The failures surround poor bookkeeping and accounting of taxpayer money at the agency — ...

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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has remained out of the public’s sight since assuming the post, amid reports that he was badly wounded. By Yeganeh Torbati Iran’s new supreme leader marked the Persian new ...

Before I begin, I would like to welcome the Republic of Maldives as the newest member of the IAEA, bringing us to 181 Member States. Mr Chairperson, You have heard my statement on the very grave ...