Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Choosing A-Levels can feel stressful for both students and parents. Some subjects are known to be harder because they need strong maths skills, long essays, or complex problem-solving. Many families ...

This week’s Careers newsletter includes ways to manage stress and anxiety during a job interview, an interview with Colin Rocker on the Gen Z workforce and more. Editor’s Note: Colleen Batchelder, ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even the brain. But a ...

Less than 40 percent of public middle schools say that they are offering computer science coursework. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up ...

One name, in particular, caught the eye of a fighter who’s no stranger to knockouts himself. Lerone Murphy’s win over Aaron Pico stood out among several highlight-reel finishes, taking Bloody Elbow’s ...

Just when you thought the circular deals couldn’t get any more circular, OpenAI has invested in CEO Sam Altman’s brain computer interface (BCI) startup Merge Labs. Merge Labs, which defines itself as ...

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 ...

(TNS) — A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say. The elite students are shocked by the lack of job ...

The National Science Foundation will “break up” a climate and weather research lab in Colorado, according to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. The Foundation, an ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

You kind of have to sympathize with some of these so-called AI agents. They’re apologetic screw-ups that can’t get anything right, while their cruel human masters insist on making them carry out ...