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'Predatory behavior': Elite mathematicians clash over OpenAI's 'solution' to million-dollar math problem6 Comments -
Crystal made from 13-sided 'einstein' shape bends light in ways physicists never imagined -
Did OpenAI really crack one of math's hardest unsolved problems — and did it play fair to get there?
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Why can't we walk through walls if atoms are mostly empty space?Most of an atom is empty space, so why does some matter feel solid? Two physics principles explain why.
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Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations showA new model may have finally solved where storm clouds get their missing energy.
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'Paraparticles' would be a third kingdom of quantum particleA new proposal makes the case that paraparticles — a new category of quantum particle — could be created in exotic materials.
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Where do atoms come from? A physicist explains.Almost everything on Earth is made up of atoms, but where do these fundamental building blocks come from?
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'Dreadful danger for all mankind': Einstein's powerful anti-war letter goes up for auctionA fiery letter written by Albert Einstein in 1954 is going to auction. The letter details Einstein's thoughts on his part in developing atomic weapons, and hails Mahatma Gandhi as a political genius.
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Mathematicians discover a completely new way to find prime numbersUsing a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also connecting two areas of math in an unexpected way
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'A bundle of microscopic tornadoes' may be building the cosmic webWhen invisible dark matter spins, it may form clumps of "vortexes" that stretch across space, forming the cosmic web that links all galaxies, new research proposes.
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Bizarre radio signals that defy physics detected under AntarcticaResearchers detected mysterious radio waves in Antarctica that seem to defy the rules of particle physics. Now they're searching for a cause.
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'Alien's language' problem that stumped mathematicians for decades may finally be close to a solutionThe Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory, an infamous proof that has confounded mathematicians for over a decade, has been partially solved.
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