Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

VW is dropping numbers for its ID EVs, replacing them with names from gasoline models. Volkswagen is rebranding its all-electric ID models, applying the names from established internal-combustion ...

What if the next new mathematical discovery didn’t come from a human mind, but from an AI? Imagine a machine not just crunching numbers but proposing original solutions to problems that have baffled ...

Politico suggests Elon Musk’s former department has saved less than 5 percent of its claimed savings from canceling contracts. Reporter The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has vastly ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

— Senate Republicans are scrambling to salvage their reconciliation plans after the chamber’s parliamentarian rejected their proposal to push SNAP costs onto states. — Amid anxiety about immigration ...

A seemingly simple math problem has left social media users confused as they argue over the correct answer. The equation, shared by user @BholanathDutta on X, appears simple enough for grade school ...

Time to test your brain! Are you a puzzle person? Most of these hard math problems aren’t straightforward arithmetic. They challenge you to look at problems a different way, testing your logic and ...

A troubling math problem that led to a "heated conversation" among one fifth-grader's family has sparked similar debate on social media. Math differs from other subjects in that the answers students ...