Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, ...

Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His proofs have been called “disgusting,” but they go beyond what any human can do ...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday sided with civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over an executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. U.S.

Edebiri, who recently won multiple awards for her role as Sydney on FX’s “The Bear,” and is currently Emmy-nominated again for her work in the third season, said she’s “deeply grateful” for the ...

In 1990, Marilyn vos Savant riled up scores of mathematicians with her solution to the “Monty Hall Problem.” But she was right. The following is an excerpt from Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty ...

Thomas Jefferson’s first draft of the Declaration of Independence read: “We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable . . . ” It was supposedly Benjamin Franklin who suggested instead announcing ...

In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explains how certainty, even in math, can be an illusion. Nonfiction In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski ...

Since the start of the 20th century, the heart of mathematics has been the proof — a rigorous, logical argument for whether a given statement is true or false. Mathematicians’ careers are measured by ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

PoR audits are cryptographic verifications used by cryptocurrency exchanges to prove they hold sufficient assets to cover customer deposits. Using methods like Merkle trees and zero-knowledge proofs, ...