After Natasha Lyonne announced in April that her directorial debut for the film “Uncanny Valley” would embrace elements of artificial intelligence from Asteria Film Co., a company she co-founded to ...

A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students. But students often struggle when they see a combination of ...

Extractables and Leachables (E&L) commonly include antioxidants, slip agents, plasticizers, monomers, cross-linking and other agents. There are also a number of other kinds of common molecules that ...

Do you sense something problematic about the word “problematic”? The way it’s used has changed a great deal in recent years, so much that it can now seem a little shifty. The journey that brought us ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Young women are struggling to get over “the ick” they get when someone they’re dating does something trivial but repulsive to them. (Getty) In her notes app, 26-year-old Dani Coco has a list. Items ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar collaborate on a puzzle that’s greater than the sum of its parts. By Caitlin Lovinger Jump to: Tricky Clues | Today’s Theme SUNDAY PUZZLE — Will Shortz, in his print ...

Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic disease of unknown etiology with a clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic disease to organ failure. While some patients with sarcoidosis have spontaneous ...