Scientists Solve One of the Most Notorious Open Problems in Math

Mathematicians from the California Institute of Technology have solved an old problem related to a mathematical process called a random walk.

To stop chronic absenteeism, these schools will try AI

Albany County is buying an artificial intelligence platform to help stop chronic absenteeism at local schools.
IEEE

Many-Problem Surrogates for Transfer Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization With Sparse Transfer Stacking

Abstract: For expensive multiobjective optimization problems, there exists useful knowledge, e.g., the trained surrogate models, can be transferred to assist the optimization of a target optimization ...
NPR

Many homeless encampments have been cleared, but advocates say that's not a solution

Homeless encampment sweeps have been increasing since a pivotal Supreme Court decision in 2024. But medical experts and advocates for unhoused people say those sweeps have hidden health costs.
Wall Street Journal

The Affordability Problem in One Chart

The Justices hear two cases challenging laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar biological males from participating in women's sports. How does the Supreme Court seem to be leaning, and what does ...
The New York Times

A 1 Percent Solution to the Looming A.I. Job Apocalypse

Mr. Khan is the C.E.O. of Khan Academy and the vision steward at TED, both nonprofits that provide free online education for more than 200 million learners globally. On my way to meet a friend in ...
Reuters

LG Energy Solution cancels 3.9 trillion won battery order with Freudenberg

SEOUL, Dec 26 (Reuters) - South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES) (373220.KS), opens new tab has cancelled a 3.9 trillion won ($2.7 billion) contract with Freudenberg Battery Power ...
Reuters

LG Energy Solution to sell US factory assets to Honda

SEOUL, Dec 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Energy Solution (LGES) said on Wednesday it is selling a factory building and assets in the U.S. state of Ohio to Honda Development and Manufacturing of ...
The New York Times

Who Can Solve Iran’s Many Problems? Not I, Says the President.

Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands. By Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar ...
CNN

The solution to America’s affordability problem might be broken, too

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...
Newsweek

Nick Saban Proposes a Solution to College Football’s Problems

As the College Football Playoff gets ready to debut on Friday, Dec. 19, there's plenty of talk about the state of college football. Between the NIL (name, image, likeness) and the NCAA Transfer Portal ...
Comicbook.com

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Already Facing the Problem One Piece Will Eventually Encounter

Unfortunately, the teaser for the second season highlights this concern. In the events of Book 2, there is no time skip longer than a month, so Aang should not look much older than he did in Book 1.