The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.

The first term of my master’s degree in economics was an alarming experience. The econometrics was bewildering. The macroeconomics was even more mysterious. Everything was drenched in incomprehensible ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. American students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

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Following an unusually packed September, October has a slimmer slate of K-dramas, including several fantasy romances. Bae plays the psychopath Ga-yeong, whose tendencies have long been kept in check ...

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Mathematics and computing is the study and analysis of abstract concepts, such as numbers and patterns. Mathematics is the language of choice for scientifically describing and modelling the universe ...

CBSE Class 10 Maths Sample Paper 2025-26: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the Class 10 Mathematics (Standard) Sample Question Paper 2025–26 with Marking Scheme on its ...

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Knowledge gained by combining measurements and simulations leads to increased confidence in the safety of products, as Louise Wright explains.