Numbers are absolute. Calculations, no matter how contrived or confusing, carry definitive conclusions, making math nice and neat and universal. But math rock, on the other hand, is more like ...

Remainder. Product. Algorithm. Ordered pair. Seemingly jargony words and phrases like these, referring to specific math concepts, might seem complex for elementary school students to grasp. But ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Violent crime in Little Rock is trending down overall, but the city saw a slight increase in homicides from 2024 to 2025. A contrast that Police Chief Heath Helton said underscores ...

In the game of war, there are no winners, no losers, only casualties. Both unsettling and tender is Franz Böhm’s BAFTA-winning short film Rock, Paper, Scissors, which follows the true story of Ivan ...

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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

The rise of generative AI in recent years has completely changed the way we access information. What used to be a quick Google search away is now even snappier to access with AI tools like ChatGPT and ...

Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the hidden biology that makes this possible. By Carl Zimmer If you live in the ...

Rock-paper-scissors is usually a game of psychology, reverse psychology, reverse-reverse psychology, and chance. But what if a computer could understand you well enough to win every time? A team at ...

In late 2021, as the housing market overheated and the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hovered near zero, Tony Yang found an unconventional way to fund his down payment. He logged into his ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation launched a campaign called “Don’t Be Salty, New York!” to encourage people to use less rock salt this winter. The ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — As winter weather returns to the region, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is encouraging New Yorkers to be mindful of their rock salt usage. The reminder ...