A woman stands in a doorway, light flooding the air around her. The walls are dense with photographs arranged in uneven rows, but you can’t make out more than the shape and the color of the people in ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can't verify them. How will we know if they're right? When you purchase ...

Your brain could be gently coaxed into working on complex problems while you sleep, making you better able to tackle them the next day. Now, Karen Konkoly at Northwestern University in Illinois and ...

If you've got the time, we've got the riddle. And it's time for a riddle about time: How many numbers are on a clock? It begins with the simplest of questions that, nevertheless, has no simple answer.

It seems like everywhere you look you’re seeing 1111. On the clock, on license plates, home addresses, and being 11 minutes and 11 seconds away from your destination. It’s been fun to see the angel ...

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...

A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion — the second-largest U.S. lottery prize ever. The winner, who has not been publicly identified, bought the ...

Editor's note: Last updated following the Dec. 10, 2025 drawing. Let's face it. You face some pretty steep odds to win the Powerball jackpot, like a 1 in 292.2 million chance. So is there any way to ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (TheOBR.com) Good morning, Cleveland Browns fans! We are turning the corner to the New York Jets game today, and I’m looking for things to be hopeful about. The Cleveland Browns ...

Former President Barack Obama took aim at aging leaders, saying the world's biggest crises are often fueled by men clinging to power. Speaking at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday (Sept. 24) in ...