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 Explore a universe of numbers and arithmetic in our new interactive math game, Hyperjumps! The post How Many Exoplanets Can […]

 Cryptographers have shown how perfect security can undermine machine learning models. The post In Neural Networks, Unbreakable Locks Can Hide

 Lek-Heng Lim uses tools from algebra, geometry and topology to answer questions in machine learning. The post An Applied Mathematician

 Feelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social contact. The post How Loneliness Reshapes

 There appear to be too many gamma rays coming from the sun. New higher-energy measurements reveal that this excess continues

 Several real-life pathogens can change a host’s behavior against their will. Here’s what we know about these zombie-like infections. The

 Big Freeze, Big Rip, Big Crunch, Bounce or vacuum decay? Steven Strogatz speaks with theoretical cosmologist Katie Mack about the

 The quantum energy teleportation protocol was proposed in 2008 and largely ignored. Now two independent experiments have shown that it

 “Virovores” — organisms that survive and multiply by eating viruses — might influence the flow of energy through ecosystems. The

In the fourth century, the Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria praised bees for their “geometrical forethought.” The hexagonal structure of