You may have heard kids say "six, seven". We unpack what's behind the latest slang making waves in playgrounds and online. The number 67 has been causing a commotion among kids lately. Try saying it ...

The program has experienced six of its ten three-game losing streaks from the past 44 years during Norvell's tenure. While Norvell improved recruiting and restored national relevance in 2023, this ...

Young asteroids—which formed much later than those that were created during the formation of our solar system—are typically created when larger asteroids, planetesimals, or comets collide and break up ...

I’ve never been more alarmed about the state of our democracy. The U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism faster than ever, while corporate media turns a blind eye. That’s why Common Dreams exists—to ...

The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student in a study that rebooted a 2,400-year-old mathematical challenge. The experiment, by two ...

In the 1960s, the Soviet climatologist and mathematician Mikhail Budyko set out to investigate the potential future of a planet on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. He started by looking some 600 ...

The billionaire heiress who recently donated $250,000 to a super PAC supporting socialist Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign is bankrolling a national push to bring “woke math” into public schools ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

Hackers even used it to evaluate compromised financial documents, helping the attacker estimate a realistic ransom amount in Bitcoin and drafting threatening emails Reading time 2 minutes A hacker has ...

A interior view of the Moderna headquarters outside Kendall Square. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today ...

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 ...