The most recent TIMSS assessment underscores the seriousness of our problem. Canadian Grade 4 students performed below both U.S. students and the international median at nearly every math benchmark ...

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Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...

Researchers used algebra and geometry together to solve an old random walk problem. Random walk ideas have informed everything from biology to video games. This team identified a key geometry idea ...

When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the ...

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...

Dive into the Balance Moon Stone Problem from the Feynman Lectures in this detailed explanation! This video breaks down the exercise step by step, making the physics concepts behind balance, mass ...

Mr. Musk has tried to put distance between himself and the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, but emails show the two were on friendly terms. By Michael C. Bender Sharon LaFraniere and Ryan Mac ...

Online marketplaces participating in a "safety pledge" removed more than 2,700 products in response to ACCC takedown notices. A report found some retailers relisted the unsafe products and took too ...

THE BLACK Hawks whirr over the hills of southern Colombia. The forest is pockmarked with charred patches, clearings burned away to sow illicit coca, the leaves of which are used to make cocaine. In ...