The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...

Former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn remains in an induced coma in a Queensland hospital receiving treatment for ...

Keeping up with the world of biotech can feel like a full-time job, right? There’s always something new happening, from fixing up crops to understanding how our bodies work on a tiny level. This week, ...

My graduate studies included learning about constraint-based optimization algorithms (such as linear programming) and ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a ...

The antidote to our increasingly disembodied lives may lie in letting go of our inhibitions and dancing as children do. By Melissa Kirsch How fascinating to read this week about the A.I.-generated ...

Netflix Animation Studios has announced its next original animated feature, Steps, which will hit the platform in 2026. Directed by Alyce Tzue, a Student Academy Award gold medalist (Soar), and John ...

PVARA head Bilal bin Saqib faces backlash for bizarre crypto advice while Pakistan signs a sovereign asset tokenisation deal with Binance.

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Older women can significantly reduce their risk of early death by walking just 4,000 steps a day, new research suggests. Crucially, this benefit, which slashes the chance of premature mortality by ...

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