Platonic solids — From First Principles

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Mathematics

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AI Breaks a 90-Year Math Problem, Life’s Alphabet in Space, and Science Funding
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AI Breaks a 90-Year Math Problem, Life’s Alphabet in Space, and Science Funding

Asteroid samples reveal life’s molecular alphabet, Washington battles over who controls science funding, and AI produces a counterexample to a 90-year-old mathematics conjecture.