For more than a century, physicists debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments ...

When can we trust the results we get from AI, and when is learning impossible? Researchers have shown that there are some ...

The safety performance of autonomous vehicle (AV) algorithms is boosted by 90% using simulation data that better incorporates ...

This requires an algorithm: students are taught to stack one number atop another and multiply each digit of the bottom number ...

How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...

Large language models can write essays, solve math problems, and generate computer code, but it’s not fully understood how ...

When checking that solutions to certain problems are correct, it turns out, you can’t get around the inherent complexity of ...

Genomic surveillance—the process of monitoring and sequencing pathogens—is one of the most important tools for detecting ...

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 ...

The bees had to roll the ball under a blue "flower," then stand atop the moved object to access a sweet treat. Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Some bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, a ...

Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees utilized tools to solve complex problems to win a sugary treat, even if they ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...