If there’s one thing public schools understand, it’s how to apply math to a word problem. “Jimmy has five apples” and “a train leaves Philadelphia heading east at 30 miles per hour” are the kind of ...

Test-blind admissions, grade inflation, and mandated admissions from underrepresented high schools are destroying higher education.

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Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Vince Gilligan's sci-fi series Pluribus raises the question "How would you deal with an earth-spanning hivemind?" Polygon ...

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Friday reported $9B in net losses for the fiscal year 2025, with new Postmaster General David Steiner noting that the agency needed administrative and legislative ...

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A Republican lawmaker’s plan to regulate drop boxes and give Wisconsin’s clerks more time to process absentee ballots ran ...

So, you’re looking to get a handle on quantum mechanics, huh? It’s a bit of a beast, not gonna lie. But the good news is, ...