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The process aims to shape the country’s next chapter of democracy, three decades after apartheid. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa wants people to come together and talk. He has launched …

The Impossible Problems Hidden in a Simple Game of Tetris How complex can a simple game be? Tetris pushes even supercomputers to their limits and amazes mathematicians By Manon Bischoff …

Models from OpenAI and DeepMind achieved gold medal scores in the International Mathematical Olympiad.Credit: MoiraM/Alamy Google DeepMind announced on 21 July that its software had cracked a set of maths …

Illustration: Risto Avramovski/The Guardian Today, so-called techno-optimists fill the ranks of Silicon Valley billionaires. They proclaim a bright future for humanity delivered by the rapid pursuit of technological advances. Of …

I’ve been accused by my colleagues of leaning too hard into the supposed feud between charcoal grillers and gas grillers. But even if the quiet, seething rage of Hank Hill …

When Hurricane Milton imploded the Tropicana Field dome last fall, the Tampa Bay Rays had to find a … More new place for home games. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) …

Hundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weight loss and diabetes injections, prompting health officials to launch a study into side-effects. Some cases of pancreatitis …

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others have said that seed oils are poisoning Americans. The medical community mostly rejects those claims, but they are causing problems for farmers. …

Close to a decade ago, I got an email about a sample sale from a relatively new NYC label named Knickerbocker that looked too good to pass up. I added-to-cart …

The fatal crash of a 787 Dreamliner that was being operated by Air India from Ahmedabad in northwestern India to London Gatwick Airport has once again fueled scrutiny of both …