Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question — how hard is it to untie a knot? — has a complicated answer.

Naomi Saphra thinks that most research into language models focuses too much on the finished product. She’s mining the ...

Tipping points in our climate predictions are both wildly dramatic and wildly uncertain. Can mathematicians make them useful?

Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have ...

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds.

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A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

Earth’s radiation can send some molecules spinning or vibrating, which is what makes them greenhouse gases. This infographic ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, revealing how rare and vulnerable our temperate moment is.