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Discovered by an amateur mathematician in 2022, this strange construct can tile an infinite surface without repeating. But can it be useful in the real world?

It feels bad enough when an open letter signed by leading economists warns that AI might steal your job. The fact it may soon be better than you at making dinner? Insult to injury. But that’s exactly what the company 1X promised when it showed off a

Physicists, mathematicians and philosophers have been exploring the possibility of going forward to the future or back to the past

Neuroscientists show how the brain weighs effort against reward when we're mentally fatigued

This quake, which has caused damage to several roads and buildings, occurred along a strike-slip fault

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before.  —Will Douglas Heaven, senior

After decades of hints and speculation, scientists have at last unveiled the hidden companion to the iconic star Betelgeuse

Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to excel at his projects. But lately, he’s been coming straight home to work on his job application for the

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their containment and hacked into the

In searches for past and present Martian life, some scientists say we’ve been too cautious to see what’s right in front of us