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Some kids don’t easily believe what adults say. This woman taught her daughter that any number multiplied by zero is equal to zero. But instead of taking her word for it, she pulled out a calculator ...

One afternoon, Lori Anderson and her 7-year-old, Lindsey, spotted a small maple tree in La Mirada, California. Anderson asked her daughter how many leaves she thought were on the tree. Lindsey’s guess ...

Let’s get real for a second. Most people want to retire early, but think it requires a trust fund, a viral startup exit, or a crypto miracle. But the truth is way less glamorous and way more doable.

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé scored the second-fastest hat trick in Champions League history by netting three times in just under seven minutes at Olympiacos on Wednesday. The France star added a ...

If you’re not sure how to wrap a present, there’s an easy hack you can try. The clever trick—wrap diagonally, not horizontally or vertically—is based in math. Basic geometric principles explain how it ...

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 ...

You know the feeling. It’s 3:00 a.m., and your eyes pop open like someone flipped a switch. No sound, no nightmare—just the weight of your thoughts, keeping you wide awake in the middle of the night.

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