Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

Abstract: The increasing complexity of educational challenges in technical disciplines highlights the need for personalized learning systems to address diverse student needs. Traditional methods, ...

An engineer for New York Times Games has been trying to teach artificial intelligence to understand wordplay more like a human. By Shafik Quoraishee Shafik Quoraishee is a machine-learning engineer ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

BART trains didn't run for seven hours because of a computer equipment problem. This is the fourth major BART outage issue since May. Commuters were left to find alternative modes of transportation ...

Microsoft has built a prototype computer that uses light and analog signals instead of traditional binary computing. The system, developed in Cambridge, U.K., is designed to handle optimization tasks ...

A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota state government is experiencing phone problems and people may be unable to reach certain offices. Attorney General Marty Jackley wrote in a social media post ...

Creating opportunities to talk about math builds understanding and strengthens language development for all students—and particularly English language learners. The National Council of Teachers of ...

Australia to recognize Palestinian statehood, Cambodia nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x The busy box that is your brain is hard at work all day long—and it ...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of United Airlines flights were disrupted on Wednesday evening as the carrier grappled with a major computer system outage. "The underlying technology issue has been resolved, ...