Corrections officials, judges and local agencies are urging lawmakers to preserve programs intended to keep lower-risk offenders out of costly prison beds.

The Brown University mathematician fully embraces AI as a means to answer questions that have eluded humanity for centuries.

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Early validation is not permanent validation — a product that solved a clear need six months ago can quietly drift from the problem it ...

Early validation is not permanent validation — a product that solved a clear need six months ago can quietly drift from the problem it was built to address. What customers say and what they do are ...

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 Jacobian conjecture is a long-standing open problem in algebraic geometry that's bedeviled highly accomplished mathematicians for almost 90 years. It was included in "Smale's problems," a list of ...

Eric Weinstein argues that modern physics has spent decades pursuing the wrong questions while neglecting the breakthroughs that could fundamentally change humanity's future. He claims the path to ...

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A conversation with author Anne Morriss on why the slow and steady approach can leave issues unresolved. When it comes to solving complex, layered problems, the default for many organizational leaders ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...