From John von Neumann’s universal machine to John Nash’s insight into computation, this video explores how computer scientists began measuring problems by the number of steps a machine must take as ...

They raid compost bins, outsmart latches and sometimes look gleeful doing it. A new study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious.

Students expressed high levels of satisfaction after the examination. Many described the paper as "easy and logical," stating that questions were familiar and clearly framed.

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Computer games, crossword puzzles and board games can all strengthen neural systems and boost cognitive flexibility ...

When you swing a tennis racket or catch a set of keys, you aren’t thinking about wind resistance or gravity. Yet, to perform that motion, your brain is solving a massive physics problem in ...

Conceptual illustration of the proposed CMIM. Credit: Nature (2025). Researchers at Queen’s University have built a new kind of computer that uses light instead of electricity—and it works at room ...

"Being both very high or very low in executive control can be beneficial for creative problem-solving, but you get to the right answer in different ways," said Christine Chesebrough, Feinstein ...

The findings, published in Personality and Individual Differences, show that people with strong ADHD symptoms, such as inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that can impair some aspects of daily ...

Silicon Valley has created the impression of the archetypal technology company as founded by smart, young guns in a garage who tinker around to find a product that can make them, and their investors, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...