A Las Vegas substitute teacher was fired after she was filmed using the n-word in class while asking why white people aren’t allowed to say it. The white substitute teacher, who has not been publicly ...

A new day means a new opportunity to win on Strands. The New York Times puzzle, which was introduced in May 2024, melds a word search and crossword into one challenge. But before jumping into today’s ...

The N-body problem as a research area investigates the dynamics and long-term evolution of systems composed of multiple interacting bodies, typically governed by classical or relativistic ...

No need for blind faith when you have our clues. But before we get to the hints and solution for the Sunday, December 28 puzzle, let’s go over the basics of Wordle. Wordle is a word puzzle that gives ...

For prizewinning puzzle creators, the devilish ideas are in the details. By Siobhan Roberts Friction is a force that opposes the motion of one object relative to another — and it’s always an important ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

The mayoral election highlighted the fact that increasing numbers of New Yorkers cannot afford the high cost of living in our city. The solutions to the affordability crisis are complicated, but a ...

Spotify Technology SA will begin testing a new feature that allows users to type an idea for a playlist into the app and receive a unique set of songs based on their historical taste and behavior. The ...

ABSTRACT: Multi-objective optimization remains a significant and realistic problem in engineering. A trade-off among conflicting objectives subject to equality and inequality constraints is known as ...

Armies of humanoid robots are poised to march into the world’s factories. But before they’re ready to turn a wrench, they must solve what Elon Musk calls “the hands problem.” Creating the mechanical ...

The big picture: In 2019, Google's Sycamore chip achieved quantum supremacy by solving a random number problem that would have taken the fastest supercomputer 10,000 years to complete. Although that ...