Why does hiring go wrong? The math of the secretary problem and the psychology of interviews reveal three ways companies can ...

When an agentic AI system hands a task from a small model to a larger one — or back down again — it pays a steep tax: the receiving model has to recompute the entire conversation from scratch, driving ...

When he won the Fields Medal last week, Jacob Tsimerman accepted the most prestigious honor in math wearing a powder-blue tuxedo with satin lapels. Then he made an announcement as striking as his tux.

Researchers showed each giraffe the contents of several containers, which held varying numbers of carrots, then added extra pieces to one of them. Afterward, the animal would choose a container to get ...

Researchers found that some animals could “count” carrots in a test—and may have better numerical skills than dogs or horses. Scientists say the numerical skills displayed by zoo giraffes may help ...

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Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews WSJ Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg News If nobody understands a mathematical proof ...

Exit polls for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry will be out today evening. Here's an explainer on the messy process behind the confident projections ...

Math is everywhere. For college students, it might mean balancing a budget, making sense of financial aid forms or getting through at least a math course or two, no matter your degree program. Beyond ...

Federal survey data suggests that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining for the past decade. Credit: Stanislaw ...

Some "simple math" indicates that oil prices need to rise to balance out the huge supply disruption triggered by the Iran war, JPMorgan analyst Natasha Kaneva wrote in a note this week. Brent oil ...

A JPMorgan commodities analyst who has irritated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over her Iran-war analysis is out with a new warning that a massive energy-price spike will be needed to fix a gaping ...