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AI models are solving mathematics problems with increasing pace, and a technique called formalisation is key to demonstrating ...

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In cities such as London, trees are already struggling with hot and dry summers. Botanists warn that we need to start ...

A small hoard of medieval English coins found near the Vatican in Rome suggests that early English residents held a ...