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Neanderthal Hammer, Supercomputer Seizure, and AI Threats to Math
Neanderthals used a rhino‑tooth hammer, the feds lost a bid to seize NCAR’s climate supercomputer, and mathematicians warn AI threatens their field.
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Neanderthals used a rhino‑tooth hammer, the feds lost a bid to seize NCAR’s climate supercomputer, and mathematicians warn AI threatens their field.
Mathematicians struggle to solve the 'lonely runner' problem, a decades-old question about runners circling a track at unique paces.
Mathematicians tackle the 'lonely runner' problem, a puzzle about runners circling a track at unique paces.
Mathematicians struggle to guarantee at least one lonely runner for any set of speeds in the 'lonely runner' problem.