A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...

Extractables and Leachables (E&L) commonly include antioxidants, slip agents, plasticizers, monomers, cross-linking and other agents. There are also a number of other kinds of common molecules that ...

Do you sense something problematic about the word “problematic”? The way it’s used has changed a great deal in recent years, so much that it can now seem a little shifty. The journey that brought us ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

One of the pitches for investing heavily in AI—especially resource-intensive versions such as large language models (LLMs)—is the argument that these powerful technologies have the potential to help ...

Emily Sharp and Kunal Nabar collaborate on a puzzle that’s greater than the sum of its parts. By Caitlin Lovinger Jump to: Tricky Clues | Today’s Theme SUNDAY PUZZLE — Will Shortz, in his print ...

Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic disease of unknown etiology with a clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic disease to organ failure. While some patients with sarcoidosis have spontaneous ...

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How many times does the letter “r” appear in the word “strawberry”? According to formidable AI products like GPT-4o and Claude, the answer is twice. Large language models (LLMs) can write essays and ...

For the past month or so, you could hardly log onto any social media platform without hearing Laila!‘s TikTok-viral single “That’s Not My Problem.” The song became so popular online, that Cash Cobain ...