“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

I was a fan of the artsy, smoky Topps Signature Class cards produced last year. Even without an official license, these were still pretty sharp-looking pieces of cardboard. When the 2025-26 basketball ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education ...

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Did you know that flights are much more likely to hit turbulence today than they were in decades past? Another inconvenience we can chalk up to climate change. But turbulence in 2025 wasn’t limited to ...

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Let's keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.

This can be a difficult time of year. After feasting on exhilarating football from September through the Super Bowl, we're suddenly staring at a seven-month wait for meaningful NFL games to begin ...

Back in 2013, when Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber set his goal for 100% high school graduation by 2025, the graduation rate was 69%. That’s when OPB started its Class of 2025 project to follow the goal ...

The big AI companies promised us that 2025 would be “the year of the AI agents.” It turned out to be the year of talking about AI agents, and kicking the can for that transformational moment to 2026 ...

The downfall of the dominant team of the decade. A massive draft slide for a purported top quarterback prospect. The shocking trade of a generational talent. Many of the most notable NFL events in ...