College kids’ math skills worse than ever, California finds — blame our pass-the-buck public schools

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.
People

Here's When Diddy Is Expected to Be Released from Prison — and What It Says About His Behavior Behind Bars

Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison, but could potentially get out earlier Steve Granitz/WireImage Sean "Diddy" Combs could be released early if he displays good behavior behind ...
NJ.com

What does the word ‘tergiversate’ mean? When someone starts waffling, this word says it all

Ever heard someone waffle on an answer during a debate? There is an elegant word for that, and it is called “tergiversate.” It may be a mouthful of syllables, but its meaning can be as evasive as the ...
GamesRadar+

Sales exec who helped launch the NES says Donkey Kong Jr. Math is "the worst game we released" and Nintendo "thought it'd be great for kids' education, but we couldn't give it ...

Former Nintendo of America vice president of sales, Bruce Lowry, who helped launch the NES, has lifted the lid about the much-maligned Donkey Kong Jr. Math. When the Nintendo Entertainment System ...
NPR

Trump says he's moving his Venezuelan cartel fight from sea to land. What does that mean?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas about another deadly U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela. PRESIDENT ...
Valley News Live

Trump says he does not believe he is ‘heaven-bound’

(Gray News) - President Donald Trump said he does not believe that he is going to heaven. Trump was answering questions from reporters on Air Force One Sunday when Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked ...
spotlightschools

Students Everywhere are Saying “Six Seven,” But What Does it Mean?

If you're a parent or teacher, you may have witnessed students giggling or struggling to contain themselves when "67" or the sequence of numbers "six seven" is heard or seen. “Six sevennnnnn,” kids ...
MarketWatch

Stocks to buy and others to avoid heading into a possibly volatile earnings season, according to Evercore

Early Monday action shows stocks striving to recover a fair chunk of Friday’s slide, which came after President Donald Trump reignited trade angst. A new social-media post from Trump saying that the ...
Penn Live

What does Penn State have to play for after 3-3 start, James Franklin’s firing?: ‘It’s pride at this point’

STATE COLLEGE — From national championship hopefuls to an 0-3 start in Big Ten play, with two losses coming to mediocre UCLA and Northwestern teams, Penn State’s 2025 season is effectively over. As is ...
AOL

Trump says he'd consider invoking the Insurrection Act. What does that mean?

President Donald Trump says he'd consider declaring an "insurrection" inside the United States, accusing Democratic governors and mayors of preventing the federal government from enforcing immigration ...