In this video I work through three examples to show students the power and meaning of parenthesis. If we don't understand how ...

Researchers at Stanford and Caltech have found some critical reasoning failures in advanced AI models. LLMs are great at recognizing patterns, but they have trouble with basic logic, social reasoning, ...

Learn how to calculate and plot mathematical functions using a spreadsheet. This tutorial shows step-by-step how to set up formulas, visualize data, and create clear graphs for math and science ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

Hallucination is fundamental to how transformer-based language models work. In fact, it’s their greatest asset: this is the method by which language models find links between sometimes disparate ...

Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation by Patty Wellborn, University of British Columbia edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes The GIST ...

Writer Javed Akhtar on Sunday took on a user on X over alleged similarities, or differences, between the Mughal rule in India and the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel in the Middle East ...

The first term of my master’s degree in economics was an alarming experience. The econometrics was bewildering. The macroeconomics was even more mysterious. Everything was drenched in incomprehensible ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first term of my master’s degree in economics was an alarming experience. The econometrics was bewildering.