This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A new study published in Proceedings of the ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Programme facilitator Assoc Prof Dr Toh Pey Yi said the activities generated great interest. Through the interactive ...

Imagine tackling a complex math problem, debugging a tricky piece of code, or navigating a challenging scientific question. Frustrating, right? We’ve all been there—staring at the issue, wishing for a ...

What if the next new mathematical discovery didn’t come from a human mind, but from an AI? Imagine a machine not just crunching numbers but proposing original solutions to problems that have baffled ...

In a classic example of scientific problem solving, scientists from the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) and colleagues have published a paper introducing a promising new ...

A group's collective success is not always driven by the “smartest person.” Rewarding “the most accurate individuals” can create a trap where everyone copies the winner, destroying the diversity of ...

A problem doesn't last a lifetime. But how you deal with it can make it linger for years without resolution. In my studies about the topic, I've identified that, in addition to everything that ...