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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay ...

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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

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A team of international researchers, including an Aston University researcher, has cracked the code on how "breather" laser ...

After years of delays, setbacks, and costly manufacturing challenges, Tesla has finally solved the 4680 battery problem. The breakthrough came after Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to his battery team: ...

A research team based in China says its artificial intelligence system has done something no AI has publicly done before: ...