Why Flick’s tongue stuck to a frozen pole in A Christmas Story — and why that scene felt different growing up in Southern California. Nostalgia meets real-world science.

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The purpose of the media is to teach the public how to think. This claim might offend the sensibilities of those who believe that America is a nation of independent minds. But no mind is independent, ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

Outages to phone and commissary services at the Humboldt County jail prompted a phone campaign from local harm reduction advocates this week. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said that, as of ...

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...

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Mendez was born April 17, 1968, in San Angelo and passed away on Nov. 7 at Medical Center Arlington in Arlington, according to his obituary. Mendez discovered journalism in high school and studied ...

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