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St. Patrick’s Catholic Academy, 401 97th St., hosted its 10th Annual STEM Olympics on Thursday, Jan. 29. The friendly competition helped kick off Catholic Schools Week. Students from grades six ...

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A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

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Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...

With Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s calls to “reset” New York City’s housing policy to enhance affordability, one question looms large over the next rent cycle: Will there be a rent freeze in 2026? The answer ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

President Trump made dozens of promises when he campaigned to retake the White House last year, from boosting economic growth to banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports. But one pledge stood ...