The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Peter Waldman Artisan, glassblower, and balloon man. Peter Waldman is never without a balloon. Even out to dinner, he will pause and twist up a creation if there’s a child nearby. For the past 40 ...

The road hasn’t been kind to Louisiana football all season, making Week 9’s game at Troy even more important for team morale. Following a 10-point showing the week before, the Ragin’ Cajuns offense ...

FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys (2-2-1) put together their best defensive performance of the 2025 season under new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus in their 37-22 Week 5 victory at the New York ...

Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

Some carmakers and energy executives say the plan would trigger costly litigation and spur individual states to create a patchwork of tighter rules. By Karen Zraick and Lisa Friedman The Environmental ...

With a release day that saw 747,000 PC players rush to Battlefield 6 servers, and many more console players besides, the hype is real. Such a dramatic start to life, perhaps, wouldn’t have been ...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from implementing any new or existing layoffs in relation to the shutdown, saying the cuts were likely illegal. The Trump administration ...

In 2011, schoolteacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead on the kitchen floor of her Philadelphia apartment with some 20 knife wounds and numerous bruises. A city medical examiner ruled her death a ...

More than 30 monuments to Christopher Columbus were toppled or taken down in 2020. Now some are being restored, and finding new, usually less-public homes. The broken pieces of a Christopher Columbus ...