For many young Americans, deciding on college has become a complex choice. Increasingly, a main question is whether a degree ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now ...

They open up students’ minds to critical thinking (though the regular curriculum should do that as well); they allow peer ...

The group was passionately vegan, mostly transgender and highly educated. Seven of them are now in jail. This is the story of ...

D51’s region of the program is the largest in the state in terms of acreage. With only six employees on hand to traverse this ...

Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical thinking.

Virgil Miller's role as president of Aflac is the culmination of about 20 years of work for the company. He says he’s never off. But he’s OK with that.

I learned that government is not a faceless, bureaucratic machine. It’s ordinary people working incredibly hard to do a little bit of good. Austin Forrester is a junior at Georgetown University and ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

BALTIMORE – At 6-7, 282 pounds, it’s no surprise that Aaron Judge has won a few home run titles. However, the Yankees’ captain is more than just a hulking slugger, as he entered Saturday’s game ...