In April a writer friend e-mailed me a story from the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail—“Mystery surrounds death of NINTH scientist tied to US secrets as disturbing pattern grows”—with the comment, “and ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education ...

A bizarre internet trend has taken over social media—and it’s leaving millions confused, amused, and oddly intrigued. In April 2026, a viral video on TikTok sparked a trend nobody saw coming: Gen Z ...

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and the public face of ChatGPT, has carved out an image for himself as one of the preeminent AI whisperers of our age, whose influence supposedly extends to the White House on ...

The Basic School explained: Where every Marine officer becomes a warfighter Before leading Marines in combat, every officer must pass The Basic School. This video explains how TBS transforms newly ...

The Las Vegas Raiders signed a veteran quarterback to a deal worth $172 million, but the structure hides key details. Only $20 million of the contract is guaranteed, with the team paying just $1.3 ...

A number of years ago, when I moved from California to the East Coast, I struggled to understand why the builders seemed to think so differently about their projects than I was used to. I expected the ...

Here’s a contrarian truth that cuts through much of today’s AI hype: When your AI assistant calculates revenue, bonuses, VAT or financial summaries, it isn’t doing math. It’s telling a convincing ...

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 ...

Researchers at Stanford and Caltech have found some critical reasoning failures in advanced AI models. LLMs are great at recognizing patterns, but they have trouble with basic logic, social reasoning, ...

Let's keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.

Especially in today's economy, there are a lot of things about our corporate work environments that simply don't make sense. And one woman on TikTok has used a recent social media trend to coin the ...