Number of perfect March Madness brackets dwindles into the hundreds after the first round

The odds of a picking perfect NCAA Tournament bracket are astronomical for a reason. The number of unblemished entries in ESPN's bracket challenge dropped to 195 after the completion of the first ...

Number of perfect March Madness brackets dwindles to a precious few in Day 2

The dreams of a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket have already gone bust for the vast majority of those hoping to go an improbable 63-0. ESPN reported that fewer than 1,500 unblemished brackets ...

How many perfect March Madness brackets are left after Day 1?

Millions of brackets were busted in one day. See how quickly perfect picks are dropping.
Scientific American

Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel prize at 71

This year’s Abel prize, an annual mathematics lifetime-achievement award, bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd Faltings, a ...
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher

An exclusive conversation with OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, about his firm's new grand challenge and the future of AI.