For nearly 80 years, mathematicians have struggled to solve a classic geometry puzzle first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946: the planar unit distance problem. The question posed by the legendary Hungarian ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, “I will not go to the emergency room” became my husband’s mantra. Andrej had esophageal cancer that had spread throughout his body (but not to his ever ...

The promise of physical AI is that engineers will be able to program physical agents the same way they do digital ones. We’re not there yet. Robotics is still held back by a paucity of data from ...

Each article is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 License. Bridge and colleagues 43 conducted a Delphi study to assess stakeholders’ opinions ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Microplastics found in human tissue, food and the environment are everywhere — even contaminating the very labs ...

A new report looks at course “shutouts,” which can add to the time and cost of getting a degree. By Ann Carrns Imagine that you’ve arrived at college, eager to start your studies, only to find that ...

Nearly three times as many Pennsylvania adults gamble online today than just a few years ago. And as online platforms make gambling easier and more convenient, some Pennsylvanians are gambling more ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, said the number of banks included in 'Problem Bank List' of its Q4 2025 Quarterly Banking Profile increased by a net of three to 60. The report ...