Burnham’s devolution drive risks putting Britain on a road to disaster

The presumptive next PM’s mission to give more power to the regions is no silver bullet for growth ...
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Traveling Across Japan via Math Entrance Exams: University of the Ryukyus Edition

This is Kai from Miyama Seminar. This time, I solved the 2026 University of the Ryukyus mathematics problems. There are two types of problems: Ko and Otsu. Ko and Otsu... how unique, haha. Students ...
The New York Times

Oneil Cruz hit a home run off the top of the foul pole: ‘Moon landing is probably easier’

Oneil Cruz's blast against the Rangers on April 22 hit the top of the right-field foul pole. How hard is it to do that? Ron Jenkins / Getty Images Editor’s note: This is a bonus Weird and Wild. To ...
Time

8 Signs You’re the Problem in Your Arguments

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The Conversation

Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the ...
Wired

A New AI Math Startup Just Cracked 4 Previously Unsolved Problems

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...
GitHub

CVaR optimization benchmark problems

This repository contains Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) portfolio optimization benchmark problems for fully general Monte Carlo distributions and derivatives portfolios. The starting point is the ...
IEEE

An iterative method using conditional second-order statistics applied to the blind source separation problem

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the problem of blind separation of an instantaneous mixture of sources (BSS), which has been addressed in many ways. When power spectral densities of the sources ...
Education Week

The Best Ways to Teach Word Problems So All Students Understand

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...