This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. During Gayathri Ramkumar’s favorite lesson — a sort of mathematical guessing game — she’ll hear her students asking their partners things like, “Can ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

Either way, let’s not be in denial about it. Credit...Illustration by Christoph Niemann Supported by By Kevin Roose and Casey Newton Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are the hosts of The Times’s “Hard ...

Two mathematicians have used a new geometric approach in order to address a very old problem in algebra. In school, we often learn how to multiply out and factor polynomial equations like (x² – 1) or ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such ...

Bidets are an alternative to toilet paper. They clean your backside using water, allowing you to forgo toilet tissue altogether. Although they’re extremely popular in European and Asian countries, ...

Google is planning to end support for SMS-based two-factor authentication in Gmail, Forbes reports. Sending a code to your personal phone via text message has long been an option Google offered to ...

Georgia's season is over after a 23-10 loss to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, but the single moment that really ended it came with a little less than eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a new memo urging people to avoid using SMS for a two-factor authentication following a recent network hack. #cybersecurity #FBI #hacking ...

This security feature might not be so secure after all. Apple and Android users have been urged to stop receiving two-factor authentication codes via text after government officials revealed a massive ...

Leo S. Lo is affiliated with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Artificial intelligence can be used in countless ways – and the ethical headaches it raises are countless, too.