Recently, I’ve spent a lot of time using AI to work on Erdős problems. The work itself is technical, but the lesson it ...

Four days into war with Iran, at least one of the United States’ Gulf allies is already running low on crucial interceptor munitions used to defend against Iranian missile and drone attacks, two ...

Sariki Abungwo, Founder/CEO of Blesatech. Helping small business owners to start and grow their businesses by leveraging marketing systems. Growth is frequently seen as a reward for effort. When ...

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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 ...

Mathematics is often regarded as the ideal domain for measuring AI progress effectively. Math’s step-by-step logic is easy to track, and its definitive automatically verifiable answers remove any ...

Team USA women’s hockey turned down an invitation from the White House to attend the State of the Union address — but it turns out they didn’t have much choice. The team didn’t receive the invite ...

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Most revenue leaders won’t ever say this out loud, but almost all of them feel it: They hate cold calling. They hate cold emails. And they hate asking their best salespeople to spend hours reaching ...

The Hardest Math Problem Contest is an annual competition that challenges students in grades 6-8 to solve multistep, grade-appropriate math problems with real-world situations and engaging characters.

Working memory is critical for tackling difficult math problems, but it is finite and can be overburdened quickly, making it hard for students to parse out details and steps when working through ...

Almost all of us remember a girl who was “good at math” in school. Curious, persistent, she solved problems quickly, asked smart questions, and earned top grades without much effort. Yet today, we ...