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Math has created some of humanity's oldest intellectual challenges. And AI is completely changing the game. This year AI solved one of math's most difficult problems. Since then, OpenAI published hundreds of new math results. So is this the end for the people who've dedicated their careers to pushing forward math? We get into it with NPR science correspondent Geoff Brumfel, who weighs the risks and rewards of AI's math takeover.

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Is your favorite crime show rooted in fake science?

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You Can See Everything and the science of spotting liars

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How AI is transforming hurricane forecasts

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New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation

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What are the odds we're not alone in the universe?

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What the world's leading researchers think about saunas

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The terrifying physics of prehistoric sea monsters

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What's at stake if we can't regrow our forests

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What Flock cameras really see – and how

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A judge blocks the government's tree-clearing spree at a municipal D.C. golf course

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