The adjusted r-squared is helpful for multiple regression and corrects for erroneous regression, giving you a more accurate ...

The Calculator app on your iPhone (and iPad) is capable of a host of numeric maneuvers. Beyond performing basic and complex calculations, it can handle complicated scientific equations and convert ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

In this excerpt from the new book 'Speak Data,' the Wharton professor and best-selling author shares his thoughts on how we ...

Essentially, Perlut says squirrels visualize a color-coded mental map of their territory: one “color” for where they buried ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Learn how skipping a VPN can leave your digital life vulnerable to privacy breaches, security threats and other online perils. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal ...

A new Microsoft update patches a bug affecting Windows recovery. The bug prevented the use of USB mice and keyboards in WinRE. The new patch is available through Windows Update. Microsoft has fixed a ...

It’s a well-worn adage of the Internet age: people often aren’t what they seem to be online. But until recently, you could at least be assured that they were people. Now, though, “chatfishing,” a new ...

Many welcome recent US AI expansion plans into the UK. However, alongside jubilation about billions in inward investment come troubling reservations about the environmental cost of the 95 new UK data ...

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