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How Terry Tao became an evangelist for AI in math

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How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math

By KEVIN HARTNETT

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, including Tao, this heralds a new area in mathematical research.

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EARTH SCIENCE
 

Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself.

By ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS

At first, scientists thought Earth's water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth's water is homegrown.

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EVOLUTION
 

An Early Step on the Long, Strange Road to Photosynthesis

By CARRIE ARNOLD

An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process that turns light into life.

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THE JOY OF WHY
 

What's the Future of Gene Editing?

Podcast hosted by STEVEN STROGATZ and JANNA LEVIN

Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna discusses how she discovered CRISPR's genome-editing power, the breakthroughs and hurdles during its explosive growth, and what lies ahead for this groundbreaking technology.

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THE QUANTA PODCAST
 

Ecotypes Make the Idea of a Species Even Fuzzier

Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL
with MARLOWE STARLING

How do you define a species? The question has been controversial since the days of Darwin.

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How Terry Tao became an evangelist for AI in math

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