The Market Cap Game Show returns for its 42nd installment, along with a new rule.

A quiet but accelerating shift is underway across startup ecosystem in emerging markets, and U.S. buyers are a driving force behind it.

Richard Feynman could turn almost anything into physics and math. Even lunch. One day in the late 1970s, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist sat in a Thai restaurant in Glendale, California, with his ...

As Will County celebrates 1,000 graduates of its problem-solving courts, its program leaders say not only has it helped reduce recidivism, it has given graduates sobriety and a new lease on life.

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

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The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

More than 120 new Florida laws kick in on Wednesday, July 1. Some are minor changes, but some you need to know now.

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

This month, 30 mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to grade a consequential and difficult problem set. This wasn’t just any test; its outcome would guide a field grappling with existential ...

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