The internet is torn over an elementary-level math equation which left many scratching their heads. The viral math problem has X users stumped - but the answer comes from lessons learned in fifth or ...

The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

In grade school, you were probably constantly drilled on mathematics. Whether it be multiplication tables, simple addition, or complicated division, it was taught over and over again that quick math ...

Math. It’s that five-letter word that still manages to haunt the dreams of both high school sophomores and overworked college students alike. Derivatives, matrices, word problems that somehow involve ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

These days Allen aims to stretch himself mentally by playing word scramble games like Quartiles. “It [Quartiles] helps me kind of cycle my brain, because you have to think and it sometimes can be ...

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As routines for the new school year get underway, many parents are looking forward to getting to know their child’s teacher and finding out what reading and writing assignments will be coming home.

Leaving aside the oversimplification that “AI” is a singular technology (it isn’t), it’s long past time for the “AI is eating ...

One exception to the industry-wide lethargy is the engineering team that designs the Signal Protocol, the open source engine that powers the world’s most robust and resilient form of end-to-end ...

NYT Connections is a daily word puzzle from The New York Times that prompts players to connect 16 words that appear unrelated into four connected categories. The pleasure of the game involves ...