In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

Sri Lankan marine researchers have formally documented the presence of the rare and Vulnerable Three-Spot Seahorse (Hippocampus trimaculatus) in Sri Lankan waters for the first time, an important ...

Leeron is a New York-based writer who specializes in covering technology for small and mid-sized businesses. Her work has been featured in publications including Bankrate, Quartz, the Village Voice, ...

Time travel is deterministic and locally free, a paper says—resolving an age-old paradox. This follows research observing that the present is not changed by a time-traveling qubit. It’s still not very ...

Define the Standard Model gauge group to be S ( U ( 2) × U ( 3)), the subgroup of SU ( 5) consisting of block diagonal matrices with a 2 × 2 block and then a 3 × 3 block. (This is isomorphic to the ...

Software engineering is the branch of computer science that deals with the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications. Software engineers apply engineering principles and ...

Here’s a simple question: Is moderate drinking okay? Like millions of Americans, I look forward to a glass of wine—sure, occasionally two—while cooking or eating dinner. I strongly believe that an ice ...