On paper, the United States is in an expansion, not a slump. Output keeps rising, unemployment is relatively low, and ...

The Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia arranged floral depictions on pottery with symmetry and numerical sequences, ...

Scientists who study monkeyflowers sometimes feel as though the plants are looking back at them. The blooms are said to resemble the faces of playful monkeys—hence the name—complete with a speckled ...

Math students may not blink at calculating probabilities, measuring the area beneath curves or evaluating matrices, yet they ...

The Storm Team 11 forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies this evening with a few mountain flurries later tonight. Temperatures will cool off fast, with a low of 24 degrees expected. Cloudy skies are ...

The S&P 500 just ended a historically long stretch of trading above its 50-day moving average. The end of these long streaks has twice been a precursor to a bear market. However, investors should not ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

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Michigan's public school students are making progress in math, but continue to score sluggishly on reading assessments, according to a new report out Thursday, Dec. 4, from Michigan State University.

Robinhood CEO’s Math-Centric AI Firm Harmonic Climbs to $1.45B Valuation Your email has been sent Harmonic, the math-focused AI startup founded by Robinhood’s CEO, has reached a $1.45B valuation after ...