“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

KANSAS CITY — Anti-obesity medications (AOMs), such as GLP-1 receptor agonists, may help reshape how Americans eat. Food and beverage companies are trying to respond with products that meet AOM users’ ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Abstract: The Distribution Network Reconfiguration (DNR) problem is a well-known problem in the field of power system optimization. It consists of altering the state of the switches in Distribution ...

When Kathryn Ruemmler, a top Washington lawyer with an elite pedigree, joined Goldman Sachs GS1.24%increase; up pointing triangle in 2020, she disclosed to top executives a connection that didn’t ...

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 ...

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