This month, 30 mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to grade a consequential and difficult problem set. This wasn’t just any test; its outcome would guide a field grappling with existential ...

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

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Highlights of Python 3.15, now available in beta, include lazy imports, faster JITs, better error messages, and smarter profiling. The first full beta of Python 3.15 ...

Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work. Cecilia Lopez Alvarado was scrolling ...

Investors in private-credit funds keep heading for the exits, partly driven by worries that the underlying assets might be overvalued. While private-equity funds haven’t undergone a similar flight, ...

Debates over how geometry is understood and learned date back at least to the days of Plato, with more recent scholars concluding that only humans possess the foundations of this understanding.

No more waiting on slow-loading modules or wasting time on ad hoc workarounds: Python 3.15’s new ‘lazy imports’ mechanism has you covered. When you import a module in Python, the module’s code must be ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Trying is an essential part of learning and personal growth. The human instinct for survival and reward allows us to try all kinds of things that might seem impossible. Achieving the next level of a ...

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. Clark County School District student proficiency in reading and math is the best it’s been since a postpandemic plummet, state testing data show ...