Bayes' theorem is a statistical formula used to calculate conditional probability. Learn how it works, how to calculate it ...

In mathematics, proofs can be written down and shared. In cryptography, when people are trying to avoid revealing their ...

A marriage of formal methods and LLMs seeks to harness the strengths of both.

Large language models (LLMs) have astounded the world with their capabilities, yet they remain plagued by unpredictability and hallucinations – confidently outputting incorrect information. In ...

The powerful new documentary special “Living Proof” will premiere on Hulu on Dec. 1 in honor of World AIDS Day. The documentary, which honors the lived experiences of Black women with HIV, is produced ...

If you’re not in the sober or sober curious camp, you may not have heard of the zero proof movement, but the non-alcoholic beverage market is buzzing, and quietly chipping away at the $570 billion U.S ...

The ruling on Friday found that Trump had usurped the power vested in Congress and the states to administer and oversee elections protocols. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington A federal judge ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1974, five years before he wrote his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter was ...

Gorillaz enlist Argentine rapper Trueno and late D12 rapper Proof for their new song “The Manifesto,” the latest offering from the group’s upcoming album The Mountain. The single continues the album’s ...

Stephen Hawking’s 50-year-old theorem on how black holes merge together has been successfully tested thanks to huge advances in gravitational wave astronomy, which helped astronomers catch the waves ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 1, 2024 For centuries, students have learned that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the ...