George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

Publicly funded research underpins much of daily life, from policy decisions to innovation and public debate. When research remains inaccessible, its value is diminished. Australia has made real ...

The teenager was researching the Miura-ori fold when Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and wildfires raged in ...

Threat actors are sending physical letters pretending to be from Trezor and Ledger, makers of cryptocurrency hardware wallets ...

Large language models (LLMs) can suggest hypotheses, write code and draft papers, and AI agents are automating parts of the research process. Although this can accelerate science, it also makes it ...

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