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Minhyong Kim is leading a new initiative called Mathematics for Humanity that encourages mathematicians to apply their skills to solving social problems.

In two landmark experiments, researchers used quantum processors to engineer exotic particles that have captivated physicists for decades. The work is a step toward crash-proof quantum computers.

A new genetics study of ant “social parasites” shows how complex sets of features can emerge rapidly and potentially split species.

If we want to understand complex constructions, such as ourselves, assembly theory says we must account for the entire history of how such entities came to be.

A new phase of matter called a “time crystal” plays with our expectations of thermodynamics. The physicist Vedika Khemani talks with Steven Strogatz about its surprising quantum behavior.

When he invented Turing machines in 1936, Alan Turing also invented modern computing.

Four mathematicians have found a new upper limit to the “Ramsey number,” a crucial property describing unavoidable structure in graphs.

After decades of frustration, researchers have determined how an airborne scent molecule links to a human smell receptor.

Cynthia Rudin wants machine learning models, responsible for increasingly important decisions, to show their work.