Opinion polarization is often considered as the primary driver of social friction, leading to exhaustive efforts to force a consensus. However, new research suggests a more pragmatic goal: reducing ...

Society for Science (the Society) announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2026, the nation’s ...

After the Golden Globes, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan excitedly posted that his site had correctly predicted 26 of 28 winners ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the assistance of AI tools, and say it could lead to a new way of doing mathemat ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

In 18th-century France, science was a men’s club, and women were expected to be ornaments. One aristocrat, the Marquise ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is ...