Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

My friend recently attended a funeral, and midway through the eulogy, he became convinced that it had been written by AI. There was the telltale proliferation of abstract nouns, a surfeit of ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve entered a new holding pattern on interest rates Wednesday and signaled little urgency to resume cuts after contentious reductions at officials’ three previous meetings.

• The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday as expected, but two governors dissented, preferring a quarter-point cut. • It’s the first time since July that the central bank has chosen ...

Hello and welcome to Yahoo Finance's live coverage of the RBA's interest rate decision. The Reserve Bank of Australia hiked the cash rate by 25 basis points, making it the first rise since November ...

Gold and silver are experiencing a significant correction, erasing much of their recent record gains. The big sell-off in gold and silver is largely due to a shift from a rally fueled by global ...

There comes a moment in life when you realise something subtle but powerful has changed. It’s not that you suddenly have less time—everyone has the same twenty-four hours. It’s that your energy no ...

Shortest rate-cutting cycle in the RBA’s modern history ends after unexpected jump in inflation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily ...

Biodiversity loss is continuing at an unprecedented rate, with species becoming extinct at between 100 and 1,000 times the average pre-human, or ‘background’, rate. Human activities are the main cause ...

Talking up the economy has long been part of the treasurer’s job. As is massaging the economic data to suit the prevailing political moment. So Jim Chalmers has done nothing out of the ordinary by ...

The first Federal Reserve interest-rate decision of 2026 is nearly here. The policymaking arm of the central bank, the Federal Open Market Committee, will announce its January decision on Wednesday at ...