Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

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John Scott was rarely spoken of in his family after he was placed in an institution. After a half-century, his youngest ...

A list of shows, broken into subjects, that kids love for their entertainment and parents love for their educational value.

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

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Fairfield High Preparatory School has improved its state report card grade from a D to a C, with plans to continue progress under new principal Tamika Harton.

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Pearce, a cartographer, graduated with her master’s degree from Clark University in Worcester, Mass., in 1995 and with her ...

You check your bank balance, do a mental run-rate calculation, and realize you’ve got maybe eight months of oxygen left.