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

With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

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Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their ...

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In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now ...

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal ...

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

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