For most people, solving a problem is the reward—the relief of being done, the achievement of having figured it out.

Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

From A.D.H.D. to anxiety, disorders have risen as the expectations of childhood have changed. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Jia Lynn Yang One of the more bewildering ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell the truth ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...

TOKYO, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As generative AI use continues to increase, accuracy has become the most important metric and a key factor in decisions around adoption and utilization. APTO is ...

Abstract: This study proposes a current-coding residual (CCR) structure of deep learning (DL) to solve electromagnetic inverse scattering (EMIS) problems in media with inhomogeneous background ...