It has been almost ten years to the day since Gore Verbinski last directed a feature film, which is far too long a wait for one of filmmaking's most unique and innovative voices. Few directors have ...

Michelle Pfeiffer’s Christmas comedy Oh. What. Fun. is new on streaming on Prime Video. What are Rotten Tomatoes critics saying about the new holiday movie? Oh. What. Fun. premiered on streaming video ...

Ken Ono’s career as one of the world’s most prominent mathematicians has taken him to places that he never could have fathomed. The renowned University of Virginia professor regularly ventures far ...

Mathematicians studying voting systems have uncovered structural flaws that challenge the idea of a perfectly fair democracy. Their findings suggest that no system can satisfy every requirement for ...

In Brookline, at the corner of Beacon and Washington Street, shiny SUVs pull up to a nondescript yellow building. Kids hurry out of the cars, and teachers usher them through the building’s glass doors ...

While 630 young math prodigies were sitting in a conference room on Australia’s sunshine coast, readying their pencils for the International Math Olympiad, a potential rival was still en route from ...

Much has been written about the various attempts to create more Republican House districts through extreme gerrymandering. This column recently discussed a pending Supreme Court case that could strike ...

What’s the best way to start a conversation when meeting someone for the first time, especially at a cocktail party or conference? “Hello, how are you?” is tired and lame. “Are you enjoying the event?

Though fighter aircraft are precision-designed instruments of war, there's no denying the rush that pilots get from strapping into these incredible machines. Similarly to cars, their appeal goes ...

Baltimore — Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...

California is the country’s “most fun” state, according to a new ranking. Photo by Lala Miklós via Unsplash Some states in the U.S. have a little bit of everything for residents to enjoy, and ...

Washington state is one of the most fun states in America, according to WalletHub's 2025 ranking. Washington outpaced other states such as Oregon and Texas in a nationwide comparison of entertainment, ...