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It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in.

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Scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science used a powerful combination of cutting-edge chemistry and artificial ...

The researchers’ simulations reveal that these continental shelves expanded dramatically. Over roughly 350 million years, the ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have uncovered evidence that water once flowed beneath Martian sand dunes — suggesting that the Red Planet may have once had conditions capable of supporting life. Scienti ...

Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...