The Program for International Student Assessment showed that 2012 math literacy data of 15-year[1]old students in 21 countries have higher averages than U.S. students. National Inventors Hall of Fame ...

Researchers developed a machine-learning-guided technique to solve complex, long-horizon planning problems more efficiently than some traditional approaches, while arriving at an optimal solution that ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new ...

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in ...

BRIDGEWATER - For teenagers Rohan Patel, Lucas Larrosa, Jashith Gorrepati and Aiden Desai, solving problems is their superpower. The four juniors at the Academy for Health and Medical Sciences aim to ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Polynomial equations are a cornerstone of modern science, providing a mathematical basis for celestial mechanics, computer graphics, market growth predictions and much more. But although most high ...

Right now, quantum computers are small and error-prone compared to where they'll likely be in a few years. Even within those limitations, however, there have been regular claims that the hardware can ...

Quantum computing promises to solve the seemingly unsolvable in fields such as physics, medicine, cryptography and more.

I spend a lot of time on the Internet; it’s become my second home in the 20 years I’ve communicated science online. And recently I came across an image that stuck with me: a cartoon of a sad, crying ...