In early September, OpenAI announced it had solved a major mathematics problem that has stumped humans for nearly a century. The news left mathematicians reeling, and many expressed concern over what…

Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense.

Ou comment les collections universitaires, après un lent déclin, sont de retour sur la scène scientifique.

Dans les réserves des laboratoires de recherche fondamentale dorment des millions de négatifs qui furent, pendant plusieurs décennies, la matière première de la physique des hautes énergies.

NSF and the Department of Commerce have scrubbed references to the dangers of political interference in science from official agency policy documents.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers,…

Fewer planning careers in academy, nation, and more doubt value of Ph.D. amid policy shifts in funding, international students

Comment, en tant que scientifique, participer à des plans d’adaptation au changement climatique sans risquer de faire perdre de vue aux décideurs la nécessité de réduire les émissions des gaz à effet…

Four complex physics problems are now within AI’s reach, researchers say

From cherished keepsakes to unexpected collectibles, researchers share the décor that brings personality to their laboratory and workspaces.

A new report from Google, Google DeepMind and M.I.T. finds that researchers are using AI—a lot. It’s just not helping as much in the lab

Sans que personne ne s’en rende compte, deux articles écrits par un pionnier de la physique quantique ont disparu du journal dans lequel ils avaient été publiés dans les années 1940. Il aura fallu la…

D. Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his research on kuru, a fatal brain disease in Papua New Guinea. Over three decades, he brought dozens of boys from the South Pacific to live with him in…

Quand Donald Trump s’attaque aux universités et à la recherche américaines, chacun se console en se disant qu’au moins, cela ne pourrait pas arriver en France, pays des Lumières, patrie de Louis…

Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.

The challenge of controlling AI will unleash a tsunami of skilled jobs, seeking people with both expertise and a love of humanity.

[This is a guest post by Grant Sanderson. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] A sentiment echoing throughout the mathematics communit…

Les deux titres cédés par Claude Perdriel à Bernard Arnault en même temps que «Challenges» sont sur le point d’être rachetés par le groupe de presse magazine aux méthodes décriées.

Découvrez Le 3,14, le magazine de Polytechnique Insights

Scientists and policy leaders argue the secretary-general's job is increasingly shaped by science and technology.

A new study from Virginia Tech found that scientists’ credibility often hinges on their perceived motivations. Published in Nature: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, they identified five…

Trust in science seems compatible with believing almost anything, so long as it is expressed in plausibly scientific terms.

External influences - such as politics, funding and the media - are increasingly putting the autonomy of research under pressure

The proportion of one- and two-author papers in the Nature Index is shrinking rapidly, as science done by big teams continues to surge.

Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.

Understanding in a car crash.

Ou comment, plus de 150 ans après leur création, les stations marines restent aux avant-postes de la science des écosystèmes marins.

The new president of the National Academy of Sciences talks about learning to see as a scientist and communicating science in a noisy information landscape.

L'IA est entrée dans les universités. Est-ce le début de la fin ou, au contraire, le signal d'un renouveau de la pédagogie universitaire ?

Earlier this year, Tushar Sen, an independent researcher based in New Delhi, submitted a manuscript to Security and Privacy about the modeling of polymorphic malware.

Vous n'en entendez quasiment jamais parler, et pourtant ils font partie intégrante de la communauté scientifique.

Ou comment les collections universitaires, après un lent déclin, sont de retour sur la scène scientifique.

Plusieurs proches et collègues dénoncent aujourd’hui « un harcèlement » que le professeur de sociologie de l’éducation subissait depuis sa nomination il y a trois ans au sein de la prestigieuse univer...

Researchers warn that ‘poisoned’ information can undermine the reliability of tools that analyse data autonomously.

Il y a tout juste 20 ans, le physicien Jorge Hirsch proposait un indicateur pour mesurer l'impact des publications scientifiques d'un chercheur. Le "h-index" allait rencontrer un franc succès. Mais,…

Today's guest post introduces the YCR-index as an alternative to measuring value with raw citation counts.

Elisabeth Bik, Sholto David, Ana Abalkina, Dorothy Bishop : si ces certains de ces noms vous disent quelque chose, c'est normal. Depuis quelques années, ces « science sleuths » se font connaître en…

Today's guest post presents outcomes of the WCRI's (World Conferences on Research Integrity) Focus Track to address this gap in clarity and standardization of AI disclosure.