ChatGPT's breakthrough is not what it seems.

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics.

The stock market made a record number of people millionaires in 2025. But the real wealth action was happening one tier up.

Participant Survey put the retirement ‘magic number’ at $1.6 million in 2025, down from $1.8 million in 2024. For years, Americans have given pollsters some version of that same answer. The number is ...

After burning through interceptors in the Iran war, the U.S. faces a dire math problem: Enemies can build drones faster than ...

Place any number of dots on a two-dimensional plane—say, a piece of paper—and measure the distance between each pair. If you rearrange the dots, how many pairs could be positioned exactly the same ...

A long-distance drive can put hundreds or thousands of miles on a vehicle in a matter of days, bringing it closer to routine maintenance and increasing the odds of an unexpected repair far from home.

Students can plan their studies for board exam preparation with the official CBSE Class 12 Applied Maths syllabus (2026-27).

A 72-year-old widower with $3.2 million in his old employer 401(k) walks into his advisor’s office in June 2026 with one ...