The second puzzle this week is my adaptation of a version I found among Shakuntala Devi’s writings.Puzzle #162.1A teenager is demonstrating how to draw a square without using a ruler. The only items ...

Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very beginning of mathematics.

This tried-and-true method is one of the best ways to study so you actually retain information—and it's not hard to do. Here's what you need to know.

Things were looking dicey last week, but the Boston Red Sox are suddenly on the doorstep of October. Coming into the week, the Red Sox held a one-game lead for ...

Ceddanne Rafaela tripled off the center field wall to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Red Sox beat Detroit 4-3 to clinch their first postseason berth since 2021 ...

By using something called a quantum grid, scientists have found a clever way to simultaneously measure momentum and position without violating Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

In turn, the Red Sox will be making their first trip to the postseason since 2021, when they lost to the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series. Boston can credit its success to a ...

Boston has a 98.8% chance to make the postseason, according to Fangraphs. Even if they lose that one-game lead for the No. 2 Wild Card, they still have a two-game lead over the Astros for the final ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI.

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