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Football Finance, Part 2

Part 2/2 in the football finance series, and this time we’re looking at what football can tell us about the options market. Read more

15. Jul 2026 | By Sophie Maclean | 1 comment

Why We Are Running Out of Mathematics-Based AI Reasoning Benchmarks

AI reasoning capabilities have been measured by the technology’s capacity to solve mathematical problems up to now, but it is getting ever harder to really stretch the latest models. Read more

13. May 2026 | By Benjamin Skuse | 3 comments

The Mathematician’s Essay: An Old Format for a New AI Era

At a time in which AI is revolutionizing the practice of mathematics – in some areas overtaking human capabilities – mathematicians are turning to the old-fashioned essay to express their thoughts on where humans could and should fit into the equation. Read more

15. Apr 2026 | By Benjamin Skuse | 2 comments

How High-Dimensional Mathematics Rules Our World

High-dimensional mathematics underpins fundamental physics, computation, and many aspects of modern life. Read more

28. Jan 2026 | By Benjamin Skuse | 8 comments

Hilbert’s 10th Problem and the Limits of Computation

A mathematical problem solved 55 years ago still has much to give in relation to contemporary questions on undecidability and the extent of AI’s potential capabilities in mathematics. Read more

26. Nov 2025 | By Benjamin Skuse | 0 comments

The Pressure to Publish Is Challenging the Foundations of Academic Integrity

Scientific publishing appears to be at a crossroads. Read more

19. Nov 2025 | By Andrei Mihai | 3 comments

A Probabilist’s Perspective on Fundamental Physics

Fields Medallist Wendelin Werner’s work is a challenge to all young scientists to bring their unique perspectives to problems outside of their comfort zone to see what they can discover. Read more

29. Oct 2025 | By Benjamin Skuse | 2 comments

A Lindau Lecture to Catalyze the Power of Chemistry

The world we built around us relies on catalysis. Read more

22. Oct 2025 | By Andrei Mihai | 6 comments

Mathematicians’ New Best Friend?

A recent blog post highlighted three Spark Session talks at the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum that focused on the potential for a new era of superhuman AI capabilities through AI self-improvement and interaction with the real-world environment. Here, we discuss the thoughts of human mathematicians on the prospect of ‘superhuman AI mathematicians’ impacting their field. Read more

08. Oct 2025 | By Benjamin Skuse | 7 comments

Different Perspectives on Scientific Misconduct

For me, the most interesting takeaway from the panel discussion on scientific integrity at the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum was that scientific misconduct means rather different things from different perspectives, and that these perspectives shape …

26. Sep 2025 | By Markus Pössel | 0 comments