WASHINGTON, D.C. — When people around the world are asked to name the single biggest problem facing their country, the answer is not war, climate change or politics. Instead, it’s something closer to ...

Submodular maximization is a significant area of interest in combinatorial optimization, with numerous real-world applications. A research team led by Xiaoming SUN from the State Key Lab of Processors ...

Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

Imagine Jo: Everyone in Jo's life recognizes her as an outstanding problem solver. She's the type of person who seems capable of almost anything. Jo excels at intuitive problem-solving. Over her life, ...

The traditional response "you're welcome" is being replaced by phrases like "no problem" and "my pleasure." This shift in language reflects a generational difference in etiquette, moving from formal ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...

Umama Ali spent more time as a kid arguing with his brother over who caused the most chaos in GTA Vice City than doing homework, and he’s been unapologetically hooked on games ever since. That ...

We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The numbers are staggering. Nearly one in four 17-year-old boys in the United States has ...

Every leader spends part of their day managing conflict, whether it’s small disagreements over trade-offs or a full-blown standoff over strategic priorities. Research by the Eckerd College professors ...

The tour will include two-night-stands at stadiums in all but one of the 11 cities on the itinerary, for a total 21 shows. Morgan Wallen, riding high off the success of “I’m the Problem,” the ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...