Snapchat has long had the ability to help solve math problems, but now the feature is front and center. “It’s all about making the camera feel more magical,” said Eva Zhan of Snap. Snapchat Just open ...

For decades, mathematicians tried to come up with the optimal sofa shape to move around a corner. Post-doctoral student Jineon Baek posted a 100-page proof that claims to solve the problem. In a scene ...

A 31-year-old Korean mathematician solved one of the oldest math puzzles and was recognized as one of Scientific American’s top math breakthroughs of 2025. The “Optimality of Gerver's Sofa” study by ...

A Korean researcher who solved the “Moving Sofa Problem,” a mathematical challenge that had puzzled mathematicians for nearly 60 years, was selected as one of the top 10 mathematical innovations of ...

When ChatGPT first came onto the scene, it wowed users with its writing abilities, but drew laughs for generating images of seven-fingered hands and struggling with basic math, where 2+2 didn’t always ...