The government must decide whether to cut teacher numbers and close schools – or increase per-pupil funding as the number of children entering the system declines, a thinktank has said. The Institute ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

Although Pirelli opted for a bold tyre choice for last Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix, the majority of the field was eager to avoid the hard compound. F1Technical’s senior writer Balazs Szabo ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1974, five years before he wrote his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas Hofstadter was ...

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U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

Hard forks create new blockchains that exist alongside the original, often enhancing security or functionality. Investors should track hard forks in cryptocurrencies they own, as they may receive new ...

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.– Anthony Harper is a hard-working man. He works 32 to 40 hours every week. He also runs his own car detailing business. He does all of this with just eight percent kidney function.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...