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MYSTERIOUS: Math - What They Never Told You

OpenAI says its models solved one of math's hardest problems as researchers cry foul

US tech giant OpenAI on Tuesday said it had solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics with an unreleased artificial intelligence model after just 88 hours – and millions of dollars' worth of computing power. But a US mathematician and a researcher at rival Anthropic allege that OpenAI only…

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OpenAI Cracked a $1 Million Math Problem With 10,000 AI Agents, Rival Mathematicians Now Cry Foul

OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents cracked a $1 million Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours, but rival mathematicians accuse it of racing on their unpublished work and question data safety.

International Business Times UK

Global Education Rankings: U.S. Hits Record Low in Reading While Multiple Latin American Nations Stumble

PISA 2025 posted record-low reading scores worldwide. See Latin America's ranking, Argentina's math collapse, and the literacy paradox behind it.

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Woman Buys Ford Explorer. Then They Refuse To Put The Numbers In Writing: ‘They’re Trapping You’

"Respectfully your math ain’t mathing."

Motor1

Meet Rachel Chen, 18, who won $100K for her breakthrough quantum math research using simple diagrams

Rachel Chen, an 18-year-old Los Angeles student, won $100,000 at the Regeneron Science Talent Search for expanding a 1997 mathematical idea involving Temperley-Lieb diagrams. Her research offers a visual way to describe complex quantum particle systems and spin representations, potentially helping researchers better understand connections between different quantum-mechanical states.

The Times of India

The Cheapest Vegetable to Grow Isn’t Always the One With the Cheapest Seeds

A seed packet that costs a couple of dollars can look like a garden bargain, but the cheapest seeds do not always produce the cheapest vegetables. A crop can demand more water, fertilizer, garden space, support, pest control, or time than another vegetable with a slightly pricier packet. That changes…

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Australia’s classroom disruption among worst in world, prompting calls for ‘digital detox’

Public school students are the equivalent of two and a half years behind their independent peers, as global Pisa ranking report shows decline in reading and maths

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Meet Suborno Isaac Bari: The maths prodigy who caught Barack Obama’s attention, skipped five grades and graduated high school at 12

Suborno Isaac Bari, a 12-year-old student, graduated high school after skipping several grades. He began attending university-level classes and lecturing in India at age seven. Bari entered New York University with plans to complete his degree by age 14. His parents, both educators, inspired his ambition to teach mathematics and…

The Times of India

Meet Soborno Isaac Bari, the 12-year-old American math prodigy who impressed Obama at 4, gave physics lectures at 7, and scored a perfect 1500 on the SAT at 11

Suborno Isaac Bari, a twelve-year-old, graduates from Malverne High School. He is the youngest scholar to achieve this distinction in the school's history. Suborno will attend New York University in the fall to study mathematics and physics. He skipped several grades, completing his education early. The young prodigy dreams of…

The Economic Times

You Have $100,000 in Home Equity and $25,000 in Credit Card Debt. Should You Tap the House?

Having $100,000 in home equity and $25,000 in credit card debt creates a tempting mathematical shortcut: Borrow against the house, wipe out the cards, and move on. On paper, the idea can look almost suspiciously tidy, especially when a home equity loan or HELOC offers a lower interest rate than…

The Free Financial Advisor

Who Is Zvezdelina Stankova, the Berkeley Professor Who Says Calculus Freshers Can't Do Fractions?

UC Berkeley's Zvezdelina Stankova reports significant math deficiencies in students, intensifying the debate over the university's test-free admissions policy. Faculty urge reconsideration of SAT and ACT requirements.

International Business Times UK

Woman takes PTO from her full-time job to make Honey Deuces at the US Open, and she shares the math explaining why it makes total sense

Plus she gets to be on the grounds for every single day of the tournament.

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Kevin O'Leary says if you earn $68,000 a year and follow this rule, you'll retire a millionaire

The Shark Tank star’s advice is simple—but does the math actually hold up?

Fortune

Kentucky man speaks out as Zaxby’s per-chicken-wing price doesn’t add up: ‘None of that makes any sense’

The math doesn't "math," but there may be a simple explanation.

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Should you feel guilty using ChatGPT? We just fact-checked Sam Altman's wild almond claim

Sam Altman says 38,000 ChatGPT queries use as much water as growing one almond. We checked the math — and found there’s more to the story.

The Free Financial Advisor

A Personal Loan Could Make Credit Card Debt Cheaper, But Only If the Math Works

Credit card debt can be like a financial treadmill: plenty of effort, plenty of payments, and somehow the finish line keeps moving. A personal loan could change that equation by replacing revolving credit card balances with one fixed installment loan, potentially at a lower cost.

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Louisville customer noticed Zaxby’s wing prices didn’t add up. Then he did the math and it got weirder: ‘I’m so confused right now’

Somebody needs a calculator.

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Best Math Apps for Elementary School Students (Grades K-4)

The best math apps for elementary school students match the core K-4 curriculum: addition, subtraction, times tables, and division

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The Chase is on for NASCAR's new look playoff format

There is a case to be made for all 16 drivers even when the math disagrees

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$3,333 a Month for Retirement? These 12 Small Towns Make the Math More Manageable

Could you retire on $40,000 a year? Break that number into a monthly budget, and you’re working with about $3,333 before taxes, Medicare premiums, or...

Budget and the Bees

Would You Rather Save $100 a Month or Cut One $1,200 Annual Expense?

Saving money often gets framed as a test of discipline: skip a purchase here, cook at home there, and somehow those small choices will transform your finances. But if your goal is to save $1,200 a year, there are two very different ways to reach exactly the same number. You…

Times Life

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Falguni Nayar: 3 Lessons Indian Women Entrepreneurs Teach Us About Starting Late

Lesson 1: Bet on the gap nobody respectable is fillingChanakya wrote in the Arthashastra that the wise person profits where others see only risk. Falguni Nayar spotted exactly that kind of gap in 2012. Organised beauty retail in India barely existed. Department store cosmetics counters were chaotic, mall kiosks stocked…

Kids Ain't Cheap

One Parent Cuts Back Work to Care for a Child: What Does That Really Cost the Family?

When child care gets too expensive or unreliable, cutting back one parent’s work hours can look like simple math. If daycare costs $15,000 a year and reducing work eliminates most of that bill, why keep paying someone else to provide care? For some families, cutting back genuinely is the best…

International Business Times

Chris Hsu on How One Programming Language Rewrote Mathematics and Why Software Is Next

Chris Hsu explores how Lean transformed mathematics through machine-checked proofs—and why formal verification could become essential as AI generates more of the world's software.

Fortune

It's not just math and reading. Classroom devices deprive kids of skills needed in the AI future and how to be 'fully human,' education experts say

"Children don’t need school to become more like the digital world. They are already immersed in that world for much of the time outside school hours."

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