By replacing the most fundamental concept in topology, Peter Scholze and Dustin Clausen are taking the first step in a far ...

A federal appeals court Friday night backed the Trump administration’s policy to lock up the vast majority of people it is seeking to deport without offering a chance for bond, even if they have no ...

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That’s the number of mass shootings in California this year, shootings that have left people injured and killed in numerous cities across the state. Scholars with the Regional Gun Violence Research ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

Picture a tune that plays with your mind. It does not go straight but skips and flips in ways you do not expect. That is math rock. It avoids common music paths, which makes it feel fresh and smart.

The Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, which is closely associated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute, received $2 million from the state in the current fiscal year. An amendment that would ...

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Massachusetts schoolchildren outscored kids from the rest of the country in reading and math in 2024, according to an assessment known as "the nation's report card." But the state is still struggling ...

Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...