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 ...

Interest rates have remained relatively high over the last few years, but with the Federal Reserve recently cutting rates — and more rate cuts on its near-term agenda — that could be changing soon. If ...

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The bad news keeps coming from America’s K-12 schools. Last week it was the dismal results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and a report Tuesday documents more evidence of ...

Will adding lanes to a highway reduce congestion? That argument has been made in my town, and that was an argument many years ago when I lived in Florida and widening was proposed for the road to a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When purchasing a laptop, it's generally a good idea to go with an SSD instead of a traditional hard drive. SSDs are faster, more durable, and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. “Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios that seem simple. Suppose, for instance, you need to do an important computation. You ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have sent shock waves through the federal government by attempting to take a hatchet to certain agencies in the name of ...