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Warp drive math dropped a major barrier, but the energy problem remains

Warp drive has moved a little farther out of science fiction and a little deeper into physics. A new round of theoretical work has sharpened one of the oldest ideas in faster-than-light travel: a ...
Education Week

Toileting and Tying Shoes: Young Students Increasingly Lack Basic Skills

For 50-plus years, students in grades 4, 8, and 12 have taken national standardized tests that assess reading and math ...

"A Noticeable Decline" —Teachers Are Sharing The Everyday Things Students Can't Do For Themselves Anymore

Recently, this BuzzFeed article sharing firsthand stories from teachers got a fair bit of attention. Teachers from ...
ZME Science

New Brain Scans Show Why Some Kids Struggle with Math, And What Parents and Teachers Can Do About It

To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.
AOL

Deterministic AI: What it is and when to use it

We haven't exactly worked out all of AI's kinks yet. Just try asking ChatGPT to solve a basic math problem or tell you how many R's are in "strawberry." You'll get a different, probably unhinged, ...
The New York Times

America, We Have a Math Problem

Dr. Clayton is a mathematician. Candidates for quantitative jobs — like those on Wall Street or in Silicon Valley — are sometimes asked offbeat questions such as: How many Ping-Pong balls fit in a 747 ...