The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

As has become annual tradition, former President Barack Obama named his favorite 2025 movies, music and books on Thursday, sharing in a social media post that “Sinners,” “One Battle After Another” and ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

If the NFL wants to improve its relationship with the current administration, there’s a new way to do it. Change the name of the sport. President Trump, who got the royal treatment and them some from ...

Dan is an assistant managing editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, ...

President Donald Trump suggested the American sport of football should have a different name so that soccer, which is called football in nearly every other country, can assume the name. Trump made his ...

What's in a name? That which we call a rose Kim Kardashian, by any other name would smell as sweet. However, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star had different thoughts right before her family’s ...

President Donald Trump suggested during Friday's World Cup draw that soccer should be the real "football" in the United States and that the NFL should find another name for its sport. Trump was on ...

“Hamnet,” “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” “Frankenstein” and “Marty Supreme” were named to the American Film Institute’s list of the 10 best films of 2025, the AFI announced on Thursday. Also ...

Some algorithms solve problems. This one changed civilization. From guiding satellites to securing your bank account, its influence reaches every corner of technology. It started with a simple insight ...

People who played the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The Penn State Nittany Lions' national coaching search is not going well before the early signing period begins on Wednesday. PSU got an early start on the coaching search when it fired James Franklin ...