Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

New research on the bumblebee highlights the invertebrate's ability to solve problems on its own despite having no prior ...

We have a motto on the NASA Psyche mission team: The best news is bad news brought early. Below, Lindy Elkins-Tanton shares ...

In recent years, the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has shifted from quiet curiosity to relentless noise. Conference taglines, vendor solicitations, and slide decks all seem to begin with the ...

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in solving problems with technology, for people. In a recent episode of the First ...

In the era of big data and artificial intelligence, a new approach has emerged for solving combinatorial optimization problems, which involve finding the most efficient solution among many possible ...

The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why ...

We meet Stephen Kaufman, who has spent 25 years architecting solutions on behalf of Microsoft. Stephen tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and how his first memory was of taking ...