When calculating the probability of an event, the number of elements in the relevant region and the total number of elements in the universal set, 𝑛(𝜉), must be known. For example, the probability ...

Farm bill provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act strengthened parts of the farm safety net, but reconciliation rules left major farm bill titles unfinished. The new Farm, Food, and ...

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

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 ...

The big AI companies promised us that 2025 would be “the year of the AI agents.” It turned out to be the year of talking about AI agents, and kicking the can for that transformational moment to 2026 ...

It’s time to “get back to basics” in math, Gov. Kathy Hochul says as she calls for sensible curricular and instruction changes. She’s right; too bad she has zero power over New York’s education ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

The Burren, a popular Irish pub and music venue, has secured a future in Davis Square despite a proposal to demolish the building it calls home. The Burren is one of several businesses threatened with ...

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It’s out with the old and in with the new in Times Square this year as the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop rings in 2026 with a dazzling new ball — the largest in the history of an event that started ...