Matthew Sparkes

After years of searching, mathematicians have found dice that can allow five players to fairly decide who moves first in a board game, with a winner guaranteed from just a single roll

Injuries from the war in Ukraine have forced the country to develop highly advanced prostheses and fit them in record numbers. What can the rest of the world learn from its efforts?

Foreign states and technology firms are scrambling for data from the Ukraine war so they can train the next-generation of AI models that might be used in defence and national security

Converting the proof of Fermat's last theorem into code that computers can check was expected to take years – Anthropic's Claude AI managed it in less than two weeks

After months covering the shocking rise of AI mathematics, reporter Matthew Sparkes decided to put a free online chatbot to the test - and was shocked at the speed at which it solved an outstanding problem

Three key findings produced in collaboration between humans and AI bring us closer to a solution to the infamous Navier-Stokes puzzle

One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced amid rumour after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before

8 September should have been an exciting day of celebration for mathematicians worldwide. Instead, it became a confusing, salacious and intriguing drama. Why was the solution to one of the world's toughest mathematical problems embroiled in controversy?

AI companies are making new mathematical discoveries at a rapid pace but not sticking around to help unpick the new proofs. That is not the way to advance our understanding, says mathematician Terence Tao

Famous and challenging problems in mathematics are falling to AI at a rapid pace. Where does this leave mathematicians and what will the field look like in coming years?