Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

Dec. 20, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- The Detroit Lions know they needed this one to bolster their playoff chances. But an inconsistent run game, brutal third quarter and patchwork secondary were too much to overcome ...

As prices and hidden costs rise, beach housing in Mexico is shifting from an easy-bargain story to a hard-math problem for foreign buyers and local families . . .

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

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There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

COP30 will go down as "success in a very difficult situation," the head of China's delegation to UN climate talks in Brazil told AFP Saturday, shortly before the expected adoption of a final agreement ...

An AI chip company’s financial hallucination. The outcome of regulators’ push to break up Meta. What Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon texted about. More food safety rules weakened in the shutdown deal ...

You’ve worked hard and saved diligently. Now, your retirement account is hovering around $550,000. It feels like a huge accomplishment.… Image source: shutterstock.com You’ve worked hard and saved ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang praised TSMC's expertise while urging a 50% boost in 3nm chip production to meet demand for Blackwell AI GPUs. He emphasized the complexity of advanced semiconductor ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, ...