You finish a drink at the bar, friends arrive and a table opens. You grab your glass, head to the dining room and ask a simple question: "Can you transfer my tab?" For bartenders, that routine request ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

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As the Texas Longhorns quietly accepted their Citrus Bowl fate, Sunday morning provided a referendum on the critically flawed College Football Playoff system. A broken clock is right twice a day, but ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Hanover residents got a fuller picture Tuesday night behind the borough’s inquiry into leaving the Hanover Area Volunteer Fire and Rescue Commission. One line on the borough ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

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