If you are a parent, teacher, or policymaker, the annual release of exam results brings a familiar sense of anxiety. For ...

Many of us like to think that we’re fairly smart. But it can be a very humbling experience when you’re in the presence of ...

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2026 issue, where we plan a return passage for a robotic explorer that doesn’t want ...

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When two hands are of the same type, such as a pair or a flush, first check the cards involved in the pattern. The higher ...

GPT-5.2 Pro delivers a Lean-verified proof of Erdős Problem 397, marking a shift from pattern-matching AI to autonomous ...

A Korean mathematician has won international recognition for solving a geometry puzzle that had resisted proof for nearly six decades. US magazine Scientific American named the research by Baek ...

Mr. Smith drove at a steady clip along the highway, his wife beside him. “Have you noticed,” he said, “that those annoying signs for Flatz beer seem to be regularly spaced along the road? I wonder how ...

A warning from California — the decision to drop statewide testing standards hurts students, and Tennessee doesn’t have to ...

This puzzle is a more challenging version of the Gift Hunt Puzzle found in the Christmas Eve room of the Extra Rooms. In this puzzle you must match each gift to each recipient based on their ...

Matthew Lau is an adjunct scholar with the Fraser Institute.