Britt Hertz turns a random letter challenge into a wild competition where performers must complete unpredictable and difficult contortion tricks. Iran retaliates after fourth night of US strikes Conor ...

More than 1,100 University of California math and science professors are urging UC regents to reinstate college-entrance exams, saying that unprepared students are lowering academic standards and ...

IPO mania has begun, and nothing kickstarts initial public offerings like spreadsheets flashing green to incite the crowd. SpaceX’s recent S-1 filing promoted an “actionable total addressable market” ...

Faculty members at the University of California are calling on the UC system to bring back standardized tests in its admissions process. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas says it comes as more and ...

Efforts to restrict plant-based products from using the word “milk” are gaining traction again, despite little evidence that consumers are confused. Most people know exactly what oat milk is — and ...

According to Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Brian Allen, the decision to close several alternative schools “…have to do with long-term financial constraints and the need to reduce duplication ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Taxes are all about numbers, and each year, millions of math errors are caught by the IRS. For this tax season, taxpayers will now receive letters from the IRS detailing where they ...

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion connections. If the brain were a computer, it would perform an exaflop (a ...

The U.S. military uses letters in aircraft names (e.g., B, P, F) to identify the primary purpose or mission of the aircraft. Early designations were cumbersome, leading to a simplification in 1924 ...

A category-by-category look at odds on favorites, per a mathematical formula that factors in awards season data and historical trends. By Ben Zauzmer Ben Zauzmer is a contributing writer for The ...