Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly reflecting shapes to tile a surface, researchers uncovered a method that links ...

Albert Einstein was intrigued by a simple puzzle: an old car must travel 2 miles at an average of 30 mph. The twist? Its structure makes the solution impossible. Can you solve it?

Learn how chain-of-thought and a guided meta-system boosted ChatGPT 5’s abstract thinking, so you can pick better tools for complex tasks.

A recently released report from the office of Lt. Gov. Denny Heck suggests vacant big-box stores and empty strip malls in ...

When I was in middle school, I had a classmate who would look at trigonometric functions and yell, "I will never need these!" ...

While delivering his victory speech on Tuesday night, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a statement about the government's role in citizens' lives, sparking concern from critics online.

On Tuesday, November 4, Zohran Mamdani clinched the election for mayor of New York City, capturing just over 50 percent of the vote in a four-way race. Mamdani, a member of the New York State Assembly ...

Invisible work includes all the things employees do like answering email, attending meetings, and solving problems that are not necessarily in job descriptions or measured in any way. These things ...

Looking at challenges outside of your own company can lead to powerful change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, believes the world demands a new kind of business leader. She ...

Audrey Hendley has never had a 10-year plan. Yet what began as an entry-level position at American Express in 1992 blossomed into three decades of professional growth and leadership. Hendley, who now ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...