The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

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The president’s team has created a highly unusual fund-raising apparatus for causes he favors. The Times analyzed more than half a billion dollars in contributions from 346 donors. Some have received ...

Sunderland savoured one of the sweetest victories in recent Premier League memory as they edged Newcastle 1‑0 in a Wear-Tyne derby that had fans on the edge of their seats. Two years after Newcastle’s ...

He is expected to outline priorities for 2026 and beyond as the country heads toward midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. The address comes as a Yale Youth Poll shows his support ...

This woman 'sums up how globalised the UK is' - as she was filmed using the traditional African head-carrying technique in Doncaster to carry a 24-pack of PEPSI. Adam Porter was walking through ...

Don’t run, walk – because a new walking interval workout is in town. Yes, it’s time to say konnichiwa to the ‘Japanese walking method’, which is a high-intensity, low-impact form of aerobic activity ...

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