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Claude Advances Zeta-Zero Research, Not Riemann Proof
Anthropic’s Claude has produced a notable new result about zeta-function zeros, but the Riemann hypothesis itself remains unproved and the new method is not expected to settle it.
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Research is the systematic pursuit of knowledge through observation, evidence, analysis and critical inquiry. It spans basic and applied work across science, medicine, technology, the humanities and social sciences. Sound research uses transparent methods, tests assumptions and invites scrutiny so findings can be refined, replicated or challenged.
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COVID Excess-Mortality Study Retracted Over Misinformation
The retraction of a widely shared excess-mortality paper highlights the difference between documenting an alarming population trend and proving what caused it.
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AI reasoning trace flaw exposes security trade-offs
A newly disclosed weakness in some AI APIs showed that supposedly hidden reasoning traces could be recovered, exposing a difficult trade-off between model secrecy, security and transparency.
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AI Expands the Genetic Map of Schizophrenia
A new gene-network modelling study expands the map of schizophrenia-associated genes, but its main value lies in prioritising biological questions rather than delivering a diagnostic test or immediate treatment.
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Why Loneliness May Affect Health More Than Isolation
A major UK-based analysis finds that the subjective experience of loneliness may have broader health consequences than the number of social contacts alone, while underscoring that neither measure tells the whole causal story.
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Why Google DeepMind Broke Up the AlphaFold Team
Google DeepMind’s decision to disperse the AlphaFold team reflects a shift from a landmark single-purpose project towards broader AI science, product development and drug discovery work.
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Terence Tao’s Case for an AI Revolution in Mathematics
Terence Tao’s view of AI in mathematics is less a prediction of human replacement than a call to redesign research, education and professional norms around rapidly improving tools.
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Gauss Riddle: A Major Step in Class-Group Statistics
New work by Aaron Landesman and Ishan Levy establishes long-sought statistical results for quadratic function fields, advancing—but not fully resolving—the Cohen–Lenstra programme inspired by Gauss’s study of quadratic forms.
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OpenAI Claims Ten Advances in Mathematics
OpenAI has published a collection of ten claimed advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science, but their long-term importance will depend on independent expert scrutiny as much as on the model’s apparent problem-solving ability.
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China Halts Unproven Alzheimer’s Neck Surgery
China’s suspension of an experimental neck microsurgery for Alzheimer’s disease highlights both the urgency of dementia care and the risks of adopting a plausible biological idea before it has been properly tested.
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AI Produces Two Proofs for Quantum Cryptography Problem
Two independent research efforts used the same AI system to reach closely aligned proofs for a longstanding quantum cryptography problem, highlighting both a technical advance and a changing model of scientific discovery.
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Quantum Computers Begin to Find Scientific Uses
Recent demonstrations in protein chemistry and quantum materials suggest that quantum processors are beginning to contribute to scientific workflows, but as specialised partners to classical computing rather than standalone replacements.