Announcements over recent months that artificial intelligence models have cracked previously unsolvable problems are shaking top-level mathematicians to the core, and they are now asking themselves: Where do we come in?
Mathematics
Oct 20, 2026
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Every cell in the human body faces a chronic challenge: protecting its DNA. Whenever cells divide, their genetic material must be copied accurately. But DNA is continuously under attack, and when damage goes unrepaired, it ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 20, 2026
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At its best, negotiation is the art of mutual value creation. But once created, that value must be capitalized upon in the post-negotiation environment. That means the formal end of negotiations is often only the end of the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2026
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Today, as part of the official release of California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have launched a platform, data and tools that community leaders can use to estimate ...
Environment
Oct 20, 2026
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The Orionids—one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley's Comet—will peak this week, though a large moon will dim visibility until after it sets late at night.
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2026
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The PermitAI team at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has changed how federal agencies search past environmental permitting decisions. Now it is taking that access one step further with two ...
Environment
Oct 20, 2026
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Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars, the extremely dense cores left behind when massive stars explode. Astrophysicists have recently observed a pulsar rotating over 300 times per second that appeared to be slowing ...
Light is one of the most powerful tools scientists have for probing matter. By interacting with electrons, light reveals how atoms, molecules and materials are structured and how they evolve in time. Highly energetic ultraviolet ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 20, 2026
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California's Central Coast is headed toward more climate extremes, with hotter days, stronger storms and more intense droughts.
Environment
Oct 20, 2026
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NASA researchers are developing the future of flight on Mars, laying the groundwork for helicopters with the ability to fly higher and farther while conducting science on the Red Planet. Using high-fidelity computer simulations ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2026
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