For most Americans, the decision about when to start Social Security is the single biggest retirement math problem they will ...

As prices and hidden costs rise, beach housing in Mexico is shifting from an easy-bargain story to a hard-math problem for foreign buyers and local families . . .

We’ve created a generation — parents and children alike — paralyzed by numerators without denominators. A single alarming number, stripped of all context, deployed to trigger fear and compliance. And ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

Many households struggle with having hard water, and noticing changes in your clothing after it comes out of the wash could signal that the mineral-filled water is starting to harm your laundry.

At the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), one competitor did so well that it would have been awarded the Silver Prize, except for one thing: it was an AI system. This was the first time ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet on Saturday slammed teachers at an Arizona high school for appearing to mock the death of Charlie Kirk but walked his remarks back at least partially when ...

Meditate on this Zen Buddhist koan (a paradox used to train Zen Buddhist monks) long enough, promises neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin at the start of his book, and the origins of mind, and perhaps ...

A TKer subscriber recently pointed out that if your investment is down 20%, then you’d need a 25% gain from the current level to return to the initial level. For example, if your investment of $100 ...