If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

I was the kind of parent who wanted my children to be successful at all costs; do well in school, get good grades and be skilled at many things. It wasn’t until my Danish husband, Soren, exposed me to ...

An annual tradition dating back to 1931, a landmark holiday event is set to take place in the Big Apple on Wednesday evening, Dec. 3: the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. This year's ...

Christmas is coming, and so are the end-of-the-year holiday traditions. One season favorite is watching the Rockefeller tree lighting ceremony in New York City. This year's 75-foot-tall Norway Spruce ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

Machine learning techniques that make use of tensor networks could manipulate data more efficiently and help open the black ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...

Boston's most well-known Christmas event, the Boston Common tree lighting, will take place on Thursday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. Mayor Michelle Wu will help light the 45-foot Canadian tree near the ...

The wonder and excitement of the holiday season is beginning to sprinkle across the SouthCoast as festive events start to pop up. It’s that magical time of year when streets glow with Christmas lights ...