Puzzles are a hands-on way to explore simpler and complex mathematical relationships, for everyone from kids to calculus students.

Abstract: The recently developed approach to motion planning in graphs of convex sets (GCS) provides an efficient framework for computing shortest-distance collision-free paths using convex ...

Losing your phone can leave you in panic mode, especially when the battery dies. The good news is that both Apple and Android offer built-in tools that help you track a missing device even when it is ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The country’s biggest banks face new restrictions on real estate lending as regulators pre-empt the risk that a sudden rise in ...

A little-noticed provision in the sweeping "One Big Beautiful" legislation enacted by the GOP over the summer sharply limits the amount of federal student loans that students earning professional ...

At a time of historic nurse shortages, aspiring healthcare workers might find it harder to get help paying for their degree. Nursing advocates are raising alarms that a new set of proposed federal ...

For decades, Congress has been the land of the permanent incumbent. Polls show that nearly nine in 10 Americans want term limits, yet every attempt to impose them has failed because Washington won’t ...

Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, is the governor of Florida. Mr. Trone, a Maryland Democrat, is a former member of Congress. A government shutdown grips Washington, leaving Americans frustrated once again ...

The cybersecurity industry loves a good quote. At every conference, buried among the slide decks littered with questionable quotes from Sun Tzu's Art of War, you will occasionally strike gold and see ...

Foundational research is paving the way for next-generation quantum sensors. Physicists in Australia and the United Kingdom have found a way to reshape quantum uncertainty, offering a new method that ...