Mathematicians have shown that completely fair elections are—in a sense—impossible. No electoral system can guarantee both that local votes translate directly into local seats and that total seat distribution matches overall vote shares—not without an […]
If you’ve ever tried to read a scientific paper, you’ve almost certainly run into a p-value. And if you found it confusing, you’re in good company: Plenty of working scientists misunderstand it too.This article was […]
Encouraging people to contribute to a common good can have a surprising drawback: a risk that rewards become concentrated among a smaller group, putting the rest at a disadvantage. Put more simply, “equality and cooperation […]
In May 2026, OpenAI released a new math result that sent shock waves throughout the world of mathematical research. A major unsolved problem called the “unit distance conjecture” had just been resolved by generative AI.This […]
The world of mathematics handed out its most prestigious awards Thursday at a unique moment for the field, as it faces pressure from AI’s potential to outpace human calculation.This article was originally published on this […]
As millions of people were coming down from the excitement of the FIFA World Cup final at the start of this week, a different kind of excitement was building within the mathematical community. Levent Alpöge, […]
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the Tübingen AI Center and Ellis Institute Tübingen have conducted a study that uncovers a mathematical strategy explaining how digital labor platforms can systematically suppress […]
McGill researchers have found that dangerous crowd conditions leading to surges and stampedes may not emerge suddenly but instead develop gradually, as repeated physical contact and pushing accumulate and become synchronized among nearby individuals. Recognizing […]
The worry of becoming stupid isn’t new; it dates back to the time of the Greek philosopher Socrates, who insisted that writing would destroy memory and weaken the mind. Then came calculators, GPS and computers, […]
When it comes to statistics, we usually expect to be informed about what happens “on average.” But sometimes the key information lies in deviations from that mean: how likely is heavy rain, and how likely […]
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