Maintaining perfect stability through negative feedback is a basic element of electrical circuitry, but it’s been a mystery how cells could do it — until now. Mustafa Khammash’s small Lego robot is ...

Most games that pit two players or teams against each other require one of them to make the first play. This results in a built-in asymmetry, and the question arises: Should you go first or second?

Middle school math achievement took a nosedive during the pandemic, but the root problems have existed far longer. Here’s a typical scenario — a student thrives in elementary math, enjoying ...

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Whether it's an average student sitting in a classroom or a confident student from a top school, the fear of Math is not ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. As the academic year starts up again, we’ll be hearing a lot about those schools that work miracles in ...

A former Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) engineer, Zhang Xiaolang, has been sentenced to four months in prison for stealing trade secrets from the company. The stolen information was intended for a Chinese ...

Scientists who study monkeyflowers sometimes feel as though the plants are looking back at them. The blooms are said to resemble the faces of playful monkeys—hence the name—complete with a speckled ...