At the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), one competitor did so well that it would have been awarded the Silver Prize, except for one thing: it was an AI system. This was the first time ...

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, Italy, his office at the International School for Advanced ...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — When you were in school, did you ever imagine taking surfing or skateboarding for class credit? For some kids in South Florida, that’s now a reality — and it’s about much more ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

Honeycomb, a mathematical marvel, is made by worker bees. A new study shows that the insects are very good at adapting to wonky foundations. By Jacey Fortin Inside a hive, honeybees are talented ...

A worker carries a sheet of newly printed U.S. dollar bills at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 8, 2022. [AP Photo/LM Otero] The US dollar ...

If you're old enough, you probably remember getting a line from your math teacher that you need to learn the steps to an equation because "you won't always be carrying a calculator with you." In an AP ...

America’s amazing technological achievements, such as SpaceX’s recent rescue of stranded astronauts, mask the death spiral of math learning in the U.S., which has reached an ignominious low with ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans released a new budget blueprint Wednesday that would pave the way for $1.5 trillion in new tax cuts in addition to making President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts ...

Congress should be able to increase deficits if it wants to—but it should do so with honest, transparent, and consistent accounting. The congressional majority is seeking to extend expiring portions ...

In honor of April Fools’ Day, I offer the puzzling case of the Lesser Fool. In a fictional town, there lived an odd wanderer. People would present him with two amounts of money or goods and ask which ...

Earlier this year, a study had people tossing their black spatulas and other black kitchenware in fear of toxic chemicals—but it turns out the alarming warning was based on a major math mistake. In ...