In quantum field theory, spontaneous particle formation can occur when the potential energy between two elementary particles increases with their separation, as if they were confined by a string. When ...

From OpenAI's dots to Meta's Muse, AI companies are trying to make their new agents look as friendly as possible.

Physicists have long struggled with their goal of making gravity a quantum force. A radical post-quantum approach might solve ...

Meta AI mathematics open problems got a new answer on October 2, 2026: six papers co-authored by mathematicians and Muse Spark in Thinking Mode via ordinary meta.ai chat -- five tackling previously ...

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The Multiverse and Countless PossibilitiesIn Episode 4, we compared "nothingness" and "somethingness" from the perspectives ...

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5 on October 7, 2026, the newest model in its small-model class, available immediately on ...

Meta says its Muse Spark artificial intelligence models helped mathematicians produce answers to five previously open research questions using the standard Meta AI chat interface, highlighting a new ...

I tested portable repellents, yard-wide systems, traps, and more. Some kept mosquitoes away; others mostly caught moths.

A bizarre neutrino that crashed into Earth in February 2023 is gaining no shortage of equally bizarre explanations.

The String Queens came together through divine intervention, forming a sisterhood over time. The trio's polished, ...