Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

If Alberta separates and accepts U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of a line of credit, the new country will be starting off $600 billion in debt and it will take decades to get back to the current ...

The big AI companies promised us that 2025 would be “the year of the AI agents.” It turned out to be the year of talking about AI agents, and kicking the can for that transformational moment to 2026 ...

University of California spinout Addition Therapeutics has uncloaked, revealing “breakthrough” PRINT technology it hopes will fuel a new wave of genetic medicine. Addition emerges from stealth with ...

AI companies are continuing to pour ungodly amounts of money into building out data centers, in an enormous bet that both analysts and tech leaders warn may not pay off for many years to come — if it ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On inflation, healthcare, mortgages and much more, the Trump administration offers faulty arithmetic. At a White ...

A home construction project has people in Fairfax County talking — and leaders reexamining building rules. A three-story addition going up in the Greenbriar neighborhood towers over most of the ...

New York students’ math scores lag the national average and have remained stagnant for many years, despite massive increases in per-pupil funding. In May, the New York State Department of Education ...

TOI correspondent from Washington: Amid a raging campaign against immigration by MAGA hardliners, some of whom want a ten-year moratorium on immigration and some others want a forever ban, few things ...

Challenge your brain with this tricky math puzzle! Think carefully and see if you can figure out the surprising answer to dividing 100 by half and adding 50. Perfect for math lovers and puzzle ...

The bad news keeps coming from America’s K-12 schools. Last week it was the dismal results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and a report Tuesday documents more evidence of ...