In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

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The motions of stars in the Milky Way have revealed a giant outward ripple, set off by a massive event sometime in our galaxy ...

If you feel rushed in the clinic, you are not alone. A tiny window decides whether your story actually lands. Across crowded ...

The Alt-Textbook Project gives instructors the ability to tailor their own course materials and then make them available for free or low cost to people around the world, not just students.

The Hechinger Report explores the potential of AI, like ChatGPT, to improve student writing while cautioning against ...

A new physics study challenges the simulation hypothesis, arguing that the universe contains realities that can likely never ...

Scientists have shown that brain connectivity patterns can predict mental functions across the entire brain. Each region has ...

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...