Number theorists are always looking for hidden structure. And when confronted by a numerical pattern that seems unavoidable, they test its mettle, trying hard—and often failing—to devise situations in ...

Monica Cepak has a go-to interview question that tells her a lot about a job candidate: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved at work, and how did you reach a solution? The question itself is ...

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This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...

People can't agree on whether to push the red button or the blue one, just like they couldn't agree on the color of that ...

Oh, no, math wants us to solve it's problems again... The equation is even stumping mathematicians, with some people adamant about the answer being 1 while others swear it's 16. And this equals 4. Now ...

Conversational commerce is moving into more consequential territory. For many companies, chat is no longer just a way to answer product questions or deflect simple service requests. It is starting to ...

Every business starts by solving a problem no one has solved before. Over time, it refines that approach into an algorithm it ...

“Should I have kids?” is an age-old question, but the urgent context we find ourselves in today isn’t, as we climb rapidly toward 1.5° Celsius (2.7° Fahrenheit) of warming above pre-industrial levels ...