Your brain could be gently coaxed into working on complex problems while you sleep, making you better able to tackle them the next day. Now, Karen Konkoly at Northwestern University in Illinois and ...

When my cofounder and I were accepted into a competitive startup accelerator program in fall 2025, we applied with an ambitious idea: to build an “AI scientist” for machine learning research. What ...

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Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks ...

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Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

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Dr. Toyin Ajayi has an ambitious mission: to make health care accessible to all. Ajayi is the founder and CEO of Cityblock Health, a primary care provider focused on helping underserved communities in ...

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Looking at challenges outside of your own company can lead to powerful change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, believes the world demands a new kind of business leader. She ...