For Mr. Santos, math can also inspire ideas about structures that have already been built — a new way to see and appreciate ...

September 16, 2025, is the only date that fits the definition this century. Here’s the specific math to add it all up: 3 multiplied by itself is 9, 4 squared is 16, and 5 squared is 2025. On top of ...

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The president of the Palestinian Authority addressed the U.N. General Assembly by video after the U.S. denied him a visa.

Meta, Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, the University of Montreal, and Princeton University have proposed a simple mechanism that opens up metacognition for large models, allowing them ...

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Since antiquity, the "doubling the square" problem has intrigued curious minds. Plato already recounted how Socrates challenged his students to double the area of a square, an enigma that reveals ...

Ancient Greek philosophers lived at a time when religious traditions held absolute authority and were not to be challenged.

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Jean-Léon Gérome‘s painting "Truth Coming Out of Her Well" is inspired by the writings of the pre-Socratic philosopher ...