In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

A sweeping investigation has revealed widespread fraud in mathematics publishing, where commercial metrics and rankings have incentivized the mass production of meaningless or flawed papers. The study ...

Donald Trump promised drug costs would drop “1,000 percent”—then claimed a $10 pill would become $20—in a head-spinning arithmetic car crash. In a Fox News hit that left viewers baffled, Trump said, ...

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 21: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has asked the Ministry of Education to resume the process of contracting non- Kuwaiti teachers for the 2025/2026 academic year in the ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

Every summer, scores of tourists take to the bustling streets of Barcelona, a city known for its breathtaking architecture. Nicolás Atanes Santos, a young Spanish mathematician, sees this as an ...

Much has been written about the various attempts to create more Republican House districts through extreme gerrymandering. This column recently discussed a pending Supreme Court case that could strike ...

MANILA, Philippines — Government workers may take part in the upcoming Sept. 21 anti-corruption rallies but must “observe limitations so as to not give a bad image,” according to the Civil Service ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Saturday, September 27, 2025, is a very special day–mathematically ...

The U.S. Department of Education released two new proposed priorities for competitive grant-making on Thursday, shedding more light on what initiatives the administration plans to champion—just as it ...

Kuldeep Yadav's place in the Indian T20I side is not under threat, and neither was Junaid Siddique's while UAE scrambled to keep themselves alive in the Asia Cup. The very idea that these men, so ...

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