Figures from the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) show that more girls than boys achieved results of 90 or more, earning almost 24,000 Band 6s to the boys’ 19,200. More than 4900 students ...

Students who topped courses in the HSC in 2025 include Yao Xiao (extension 2 English); Sophie Firek (legal studies); Terry Chen (maths extension 2) and Stacy Zhang (chemistry and biology).Credit: ...

When Stephanie Ward squealed with joy on the phone, her mother assumed it was because Pizza Hut had finally accepted her job application. “She thought I was getting excited about that. When I got off ...

Jumble is a daily word puzzle released and operated by the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Refreshing daily, each puzzle gives players four words (six on a Sunday) to unscramble. There’s then a cartoon ...

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech and strategic finance in ...

Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both crystalline solids in which the atoms are positioned on a repeating three-dimensional ...

Particle physics is the study of the elementary building blocks of matter and radiation and their interaction. The fundamental particles are summarised by the standard model. This includes leptons ...

Out of the many daily puzzles available online, the New York Times’ Connections game is one of the trickiest. For those playing for the first time, the goal of Connections is to divide a block of 16 ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, ...

The start of a new year is the best time to hit the reset button, letting go of the past and setting new goals and objectives for your work and your life. At The Root 100 Gala a question was asked ...

LoLdle is a League of Legends-themed quiz game inspired by Wordle that allows you to guess answers in five different categories. With every fail, you get more hints, making the subsequent guesses ...