Browsing: Proof

One of the biggest stories in science is quietly playing out in the world of abstract mathematics. Over the course of last year, researchers fulfilled a…

Left to their own devices, humans often make stupid choices. This is, perhaps, most amusingly summed up in the viral public safety video “Dumb Ways to…

Laws are for the poorsWouldn’t it be nice if, just now and again, bad things happened to bad people? Wouldn’t it be refreshing if violence against…

Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific ControversyAdult brains grow new neurons, and scientists have finally pinpointed where they come fromBy Nora Bradford edited…

New Proof Dramatically Compresses Space Needed for ComputationSurprising new work bucks 50 years of assumptions about the trade-offs between computation space and timeBy Max Springer edited…