Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the amazing mathematics of demography to find out ...

Nearly $190 million in “excessive, wasteful” spending has been found in Broward County, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said Tuesday.

Emily Scherer has been teaching fifth-grade English in Newport, Vermont, for nearly a decade. In this remote, poor corner of Vermont near the Canadian border, she’s always had some students arrive ...

The great ancient philosopher Socrates is credited with the famous phrase: "I know that I know nothing." Well, this could very well be trolling, given the sage's character, as recounted by his ...

Even normal, totally sane people are falling victim to this on a smaller scale. It’s really rough that this technology began to develop at a time where society was collectively recovering from mass ...

A federal law could strip billions of Medicaid dollars from Arizona in the coming years — a loss that leaders warn could force community health centers to cut services or ...

More than 300,000 of the state’s most vulnerable patients may ultimately lose coverage after eligibility rules tighten and new work requirements take effect late next year ...

Neurodivergent people often excel in skills highly valued in chemistry. Nina Notman investigates how employers are breaking down barriers and harnessing these talents through workplace adjustments and ...

By incorporating this quick physical game into a math lesson, teachers help students focus on the task at hand.

The New York Times writer and podcast host talks with David Remnick about the Charlie Kirk discourse, Barack Obama’s conspicuous absence in politics, Bari Weiss’s coverage of Gaza, and the future of ...

In this article, I review and explore techniques to gauge bitcoin’s risk relative to its reward and to assess its portfolio viability relative to other asset classes. Read more here.

The rate of acquisition of genomic changes in cancer has been the topic of much discussion, with several recent investigations finding evidence of punctuated evolution instead of gradual accumulation ...