The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

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A mathematician analyzed 150 years of women’s fashion to understand 20-year trend cycles, and how “optimal distinctiveness” drives change.

Every time the U.S. military blows up a suspected drug boat, President Donald Trump claims, it saves "25,000 American lives." As of late January, Trump's deadly campaign against cocaine couriers had ...

There’s extraordinary interest in AI, fueled by waves of enthusiastic declarations that “everything is about to change.” Dan Meyer, the vice president at Amplify, is skeptical of such claims. Meyer, ...

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The problem with the “basic math” behind delaying Social Security is that it often overlooks longevity risk.

Google celebrates Pi Day 2026 with special doodle honouring the mathematical constant π and the legacy of Archimedes.

Managing your time — and making sure you’re not late for every appointment or deadline — is extra tricky when you have ADHD.

Excerpted with permission from AI for the Rest of Us: An Illustrated Introduction, Sairam Sundaresan, Bloomsbury India.

There’s the Indy 500, and then there’s the NC-500. “NCIS” will air its 500th episode Tuesday night - a rarefied air shared in scripted prime-time television only by “Gunsmoke,” “Lassie,” a couple of ...