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Christopher Nolan’s 2026 film The Odyssey puts a 21st-century spin on Homer’s epic tale.Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures/Shutterstock In He OdysseyHomer records the first imaginings of autonomous ships guided by what appears to modern readers to be remarkably artificial intelligence. The ships of the Phaeacians, which carry Odysseus home to Ithaca, “know every city, every
The four Fields Medal recipients are, from left, Hong Wang, Jacob Tsimerman, John Pardon and Yu Deng.Credit: Simons Foundation Mathematicians Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang won the 2026 Fields Medal, one of the most coveted awards in their discipline. Their names were revealed today at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM)