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Many students appear to be completing assignments faster while learning less from them. This conclusion comes from one of the largest studies of how generative AI is changing student behavior and ...

He liked solving puzzles, finished his homework without much help, and rarely complained about school. That changed within a ...

Dylan Kane likes his math curriculum. But there’s one important piece missing, he says. The 7th grade math teacher in Leadville, Colo., uses a program that teaches math skills through real-world ...

More students should be taking advanced math.

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Rule-applying neurons work better under the influence of the happy hormone, researchers have found. The chemical messenger dopamine – otherwise known as the happiness hormone – is important not only ...

CNN's Harry Enten dropped bad news on Democrats, breaking down the simple "math problem" that could keep them from gaining control of the Senate. The post CNN Data Guru Dumps Ice Cold Water on ...

For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended ...

A version of this essay appeared on Matthew Yglesias’ Slow Boring, a site dedicated to offering pragmatic takes on politics ...

Studying the epic journey of the iconic jumping plumber can lead to new insights in theoretical computer science—and may help researchers understand the tractability of problems in other areas.