In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, "The Matrix," a computer hacker named Neo finds that ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was ...

The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Global military expenditures have increased every year for a decade, reaching a record $2.7 trillion in 2024. NATO allies are undertaking their largest defense spending expansion in history. Defense ...

Los Angeles won its third World Series in six years with some of the sport’s biggest stars and unlikely heroes—and, perhaps, benefited from some divine intervention. TORONTO — Dodgers infielder Miguel ...

When it comes to missiles, America lacks the magazine depth for a long fight, especially against a peer competitor like China. A major part of the problem: traditional U.S. missiles are simply too ...

History has a way of repeating itself — even the really bad parts. One thing we see happen over and over is the rise and fall of evil men who are willing to commit atrocities in order to gain and ...

Guest: Howard W. French is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and former New York Times bureau chief in the Caribbean and Central America, West and Central Africa, Tokyo, and Shanghai.

Washington has an urgent math problem. Nearly one in three students cannot demonstrate basic grade-level skills, and among low-income students it’s almost one in two. In a state that prides itself on ...