Exponent: AI Makes The Work More Complex, Not Less Valuable

Exponent gets a buy rating: its expert consulting thrives in high-stakes, regulated technical failures. Click for more on ...
The Hechinger Report

Faster solutions, lower test scores: How AI is eroding math skills

Many students appear to be completing assignments faster while learning less from them. This conclusion comes from one of the largest studies of how generative AI is changing student behavior and ...

Boxed Sets

I am sure that I’ll get this reaction in the comments (and from less friendly bloggers), but this theme is a bit of a potluck ...
中国日报网

Gaokao math question turns Ningxia pagodas into online sensation

A math question from China's 2026 national college entrance examination, or gaokao, has sparked widespread attention by turning a centuries-old cultural landmark into an unexpected social media ...
Los Angeles Times

Hero Complex

Science fiction, comic book, fantasy, and video game news. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 is here. Here’s everything you need to remember from the first two seasons of the Targaryen family war.
Nature

Humans outperform AI at this highly rigorous mathematics test

A new benchmark pitting AI against previously unseen maths problems shows that systems still fall short of top human expertise. Artificial intelligence has undergone its most scrupulous maths test yet ...
CBC.ca

Bumblebees can solve complex puzzles like chimpanzees and elephants, study finds

Scientist Juha-Heikki Kantola always knew bees were smart. But when he watched them solve a variation of a puzzle originally designed for chimpanzees, he was blown away. Kantola is one of the authors ...
NPR

Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps and elephants

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...
The Guardian

‘They surprise me every time’: bees can use tools to solve problems, study finds

Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that ...
Ars Technica

Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...
Scientific American

Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so

Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees utilized tools to solve complex problems to win a sugary treat, even if they ...
CNN

Bumblebees show advanced problem-solving skills in new experiment

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...