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Ian Sample

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Ian Sample

    Earth microbes survive simulated conditions of Saturn moon’s ocean (opens the original)

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    Experiment suggests organisms could live in harsh environment under Enceladus’s icy crust, strengthening possibility moon could support life From the moment scientists spotted plumes of water erupting from Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, it became the most tantalising place in the solar system to search for life beyond Earth. Now the case is even more compelling after researchers found that organisms that live in deep-sea waters off Japan can survive the harsh conditions expected in the br

  2. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Ian Sample

    ‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp (opens the original)

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    As OpenAI model cracks Millennium Prize Problem that puzzled experts for decades, many feel shocked at pace of change It was a week that left mathematicians reeling. Hot on the heels of a flurry of cases of artificial intelligence furthering the field, OpenAI declared a major scalp: its latest AI model had cracked a Millennium Prize Problem, a puzzle with a $1m reward that had defied human brains for decades. The achievement bore little resemblance to how mathematical problems normally fall. A n

  3. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Ian Sample

    Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds (opens the original)

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    Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking What may be the earliest known evidence for human drug taking has been traced to ancient Indonesian foragers who sucked on mind-altering nuts as long as 25,000 years ago. Analysis of two exceptionally rare skeletons from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi revealed dramatic tooth wear and traces of a psychoactive substance in the individuals’ remaining teet

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Ian Sample and Dan Milmo

    OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades - AOL (opens the original)

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    OpenAI claims to have solved a major mathematics problem that has stumped humans for nearly a century after spending millions of dollars on the artificial intelligence-led endeavour. The company behind ChatGPT said it had cracked the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems published by the Clay Mathematics Institute to highlight some of the biggest unsolved puzzles in the field. However, the announcement swiftly became mired in controversy after mathematician Tristan Buckma

  5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Ian Sample

    OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades (opens the original)

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    Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours OpenAI claims to have solved a major mathematics problem that has stumped humans for nearly a century after spending millions of dollars on the artificial intelligence-led endeavour. The company behind ChatGPT said it had cracked the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems published by the Clay Mathematics Institute to highlight some of the biggest unsolved puzzles in the fiel

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