The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Kentucky has the SEC's lone national championship in women's volleyball, but it's poised to add a second Sunday. Jamie Schwaberow / NCAA Photos via Getty Images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two moves ultimately ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two moves ultimately stood above the rest amid an avalanche of volleyball activity in the transfer portal late last year: Eva Hudson from Purdue to Kentucky and Kyndal Stowers from ...

Maybe you keep waiting for the whole Jalen Brunson Experience to show a crack in the foundation, a hole in the pipes or the heating system. Anything that feels this good, this true, that feels too ...

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia expressed frustration on Instagram after finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting. Pavia later apologized for his post, which was directed at the Heisman voters ...

The president’s team has created a highly unusual fund-raising apparatus for causes he favors. The Times analyzed more than half a billion dollars in contributions ...

It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what's a comfortable sleeping temperature. By midnight, one partner is hot and sweaty while the other is freezing. Subscribe to ...

COLLEGE STATION — There can only be one first and the Texas A&M Aggies will go down as the original College Football Playoff team in program history. Somehow, that distinction will do little to blunt ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- We get it. You're tired of hearing about SEC domination. The selection committee favors them, yada yada, because "it just means more." But wait. ... We're talking about volleyball ...

Derek's love of games came at an early age when his parents first brought home the Nintendo Entertainment System. From then on, countless nights were spent hunting ducks, stomping turtles, exploring ...