Alex Wilkins

I've worked as a reporter for New Scientist since 2021. In that time, I've written 723 articles. My most recent articles are in the grid below. A few highlights are above them.

Highlights

How AI mathematicians might finally deliver human-level reasoning

How AI mathematicians might finally deliver human-level reasoning
Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work

Human hibernation is a real possibility - this is how it might work
The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense
Why curbing chatbots' worst exploits is a game of whack-a-mole

Why curbing chatbots' worst exploits is a game of whack-a-mole
The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathematical pattern

The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathematical pattern
Mathematicians can't agree what equals means – and that's a problem

Mathematicians can't agree what equals means – and that's a problem

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Scientists want to put a super laser on the moon

Scientists want to put a super laser on the moon
Huge hot blobs inside Earth may have made its magnetic field wonky

Huge hot blobs inside Earth may have made its magnetic field wonky
Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity

Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity
Can we battle the downsides of a rule-based world, asks a new book

Can we battle the downsides of a rule-based world, asks a new book
Filming the universe’s biggest dramas: Best ideas of the century

Filming the universe’s biggest dramas: Best ideas of the century
Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century

Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century
Star appears to have vanished in a failed supernova

Star appears to have vanished in a failed supernova
Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI

Amateur mathematicians solve long-standing maths problems with AI
Earliest ever supernova sheds light on the first stars

Earliest ever supernova sheds light on the first stars
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