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Recalibrate basic education

CITING the need for improvement, Nigeria is reworking its basic education programme. But progress does not lie only in changing systems just for the sake of it. It requires serious measures targeted ...
For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended ...
When Jason bent down to help his daughter search for a missing library book, he expected to find old toys, forgotten socks, ...
Dave Ramsey declined SpaceX stock, preferring mutual funds because the U.S. market historically doubles every seven years without single-stock risk. Index funds like SPY returned 257% over ten years ...
The TMC split could increase the NDA's effective support in the Lok Sabha from 293 to 313 MPs. The government's position improves further if additional parties back a delimitation-linked amendment.
For generations, mathematicians have tried and failed to solve an 80-year-old problem. In May, an artificial intelligence (AI) model successfully tackled it. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said one of ...
The 2026 Toyota Prius is available in four different trims, with options for front-wheel or all-wheel drive. Toyota's hybrid hatchback is noted for its affordability, excellent gas mileage, and recent ...
In April a writer friend e-mailed me a story from the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail—“Mystery surrounds death of NINTH scientist tied to US secrets as disturbing pattern grows”—with the comment, “and ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education ...
A bizarre internet trend has taken over social media—and it’s leaving millions confused, amused, and oddly intrigued. In April 2026, a viral video on TikTok sparked a trend nobody saw coming: Gen Z ...
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and the public face of ChatGPT, has carved out an image for himself as one of the preeminent AI whisperers of our age, whose influence supposedly extends to the White House on ...
The Las Vegas Raiders signed a veteran quarterback to a deal worth $172 million, but the structure hides key details. Only $20 million of the contract is guaranteed, with the team paying just $1.3 ...