Steven Bouma-Prediger seldom sees students walking between classes without their faces buried in their smartphones. This distraction transfers into the classroom, where Bouma-Prediger takes matters ...

Mathematics, like many other scientific endeavors, is increasingly using artificial intelligence. Of course, math is the backbone of AI, but mathematicians are also turning to these tools for tasks ...

When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the ...

Toyota’s latest patent doesn’t reinvent batteries, but it rethinks how EV components are stacked under the floor to claw back interior space. EV batteries keep getting better, but they still take up a ...

The world keeps turning, and America keeps burning. And Dave Bautista knows just what manatees need his help. If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wikipedia has recently come under the microscope. I take some credit for this, as the co-founder of Wikipedia and a vocal critic ...

Wikipedia has recently come under the microscope. I take some credit for this, as the co-founder of Wikipedia and a vocal critic of the knowledge platform for a long time. In September, I nailed ...

Surging Medicaid costs and dramatically shrinking federal aid are a recipe for fiscal crisis, state Comptroller Sean Scanlon warned Monday. And while Connecticut’s chief fiscal watchdog didn’t call ...

Imagine Jo: Everyone in Jo's life recognizes her as an outstanding problem solver. She's the type of person who seems capable of almost anything. Jo excels at intuitive problem-solving. Over her life, ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming how we cure disease, defend nations, and deliver goods. But the same technology driving this surge of innovation is also testing the limits of the system that ...

I have noticed that many of my clients face different versions of the same recurring interpersonal problem. Each time it occurs, they treat it as if it were unexpected and something entirely new. Or, ...