Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

The expanded Allen Public Library in Allen, Texas, Friday, December 5, 2025. The library will reopen Monday, December 8, after being closed for over a year. Anja Schlein / Special Contributor When ...

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 ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

After a disruptive U.S. government shutdown, federal SNAP food assistance is again flowing to low-income households. But in the months ahead, many participants will have to abide by new work ...

If you love the Beatles, you definitely want to hear this new “Baby You’re a Rich Man,” from the superb new collection Anthology 4. It’s a six-minute take from May 1967, unheard until now, with the ...

After a disruptive U.S. government shutdown, federal SNAP food assistance is again flowing to low-income households. But in the months ahead, many participants will have to abide by new work ...

After a disruptive U.S. government shutdown, federal SNAP food assistance is again flowing to low-income households. But in the months ahead, many participants will have to abide by new work ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...