In 1966, a mathematician named [Leo Moser] proposed what sounds like a simple problem: What’s the largest shape you can move ...

Undergraduate students across North America sat down on Saturday to write a grueling six-hour math exam, many of them unlikely to solve a single problem. The notoriously brutal William Lowell Putnam ...

President Donald Trump certainly made himself feel better. Whether he did the same for gloomy voters haunted by high prices is more doubtful. Trump relished returning to a campaign-style event Tuesday ...

This iceberg in Scoresby Sound, East Greenland, is one of many frozen sights in the country. Photograph by Frans Lanting, Nat Geo Image Collection Craters at Lake Myvatn in Iceland are among the ...

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If you had a reputation for being a know-it-all as a kid, you’re likely now the person with a trusted list of trivia questions and answers on file. Not only that, but you probably love sentences that ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Christmas is almost here! Whatever plans you've got on the calendar to mark the occasion, you might be looking for some new ways to celebrate with loved ones. If that's the case, we've got a ...

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