The calendar has turned, preparation hours have intensified, and the nervous quiet of pre-exam evenings has settled over classrooms. On February 28, 2.

Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...

In an ever-changing era in college football, Kirk Herbstreit sees the need for change. He has a three-step plan to fix what he called a “really big problem.” Herbstreit, speaking with Front Office ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...

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 ...

Now that we have ranked the top 100 MLB prospects entering the 2026 season (along with a breakdown of the players landing in the Nos. 101-200 range), it's time to see how all 30 farm systems stack up.

UHZ1, a record breaking galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away, seen when the universe was only 3% of its current age. UHZ1 is puzzling in view of it harboring a supermassive black hole that could not ...

Tackling three unique handcrafted puzzles from Japan, exploring their design, mechanics, and the problem-solving process behind each one. Trump administration says DOGE may have misused Social ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...

As any regular reader of this newsletter knows, there’s always a point in the hurricane season – most often in August – when the Atlantic springs awake. Dr. William Gray, one of the forefathers of ...

Convenience stores are something of a lucky outlier in the retail world at the moment. Despite overall gains in foot traffic last year, traditional retail stores are facing new headwinds and buckling ...