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 ...

VAL D'ISERE, France -- Lindsey Vonn added to her strong start in the Milan-Cortina Olympics season with third place Saturday in a World Cup downhill won by Cornelia Huetter. Vonn has a hat trick of ...

Ice cross downhill is an extreme sport making new waves in New England. Skaters race down steep, serpentine tracks at speeds up to 50 mph. Red Bull hosts several major races, branding them Crashed Ice ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Atomistic simulations are vital for computational chemistry and materials science, but their adoption remains challenging due to the need for expert knowledge and manual effort for the setup, ...

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The daily schedule for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, which is subject to change, based on the latest version of the competition schedule. Medal sessions bolded (all start times Eastern) ...

The 2025-26 Alpine skiing World Cup season, featuring Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn in the lead up to the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, airs live from October through March on NBC Sports, Peacock ...

US chemist Alice Ball was born in Seattle, Washington, on 24 July 1892. She came from a middle-class African-American family of photographers; her grandfather, James Presley Ball, was one of the first ...