Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Barely two months ago the market was debating whether Strategy (née MicroStrategy) might soon join the S&P 500.

When engineers build AI language models like GPT-5 from training data, at least two major processing features emerge: memorization (reciting exact text they’ve seen before, like famous quotes or ...

On the sidelines of an investment conference in Sydney, US Federal Reserve chair contender Marc Sumerlin and veteran China observer Michael Pettis share their concerns about the world's economic ...

A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...

Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom fist bumps teammates during introductions before an opening day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Smiley N.

Do you sense something problematic about the word “problematic”? The way it’s used has changed a great deal in recent years, so much that it can now seem a little shifty. The journey that brought us ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Hall covers entrepreneurial topics that help companies grow. Many attributes go into strong leadership, such as having a ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...