“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 ...

OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. If this sounds ...

National authorities in Europe have been urged to keep monitoring pesticide residues in imported samples with a wide analytical scope. Maximum residue level (MRL) violations and non-compliance rates ...

Longtime county assessor Judy Sharp is facing a primary challenge for the first time in next month's Democratic primary. The county assessor is a state-certified official responsible for finding, ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s MSFT-2.08%decrease; down pointing triangle Copilot chatbot has become central to its artificial-intelligence strategy as the company’s close partnership with OpenAI diminishes. But the ...

Nyquist , sire of four grade 1 winners in 2025 including Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Nysos , will stand for a fee of $175,000 at Darley's Jonabell Farm near Lexington in 2026. His ...

In the world of paging and mass notification, it’s paramount for systems to offer flexibility, scalability and seamless integration. Moreover, for organizations in budget-sensitive markets, such as ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...