Why write ten lines of code when one will do? From magic variable swaps to high-speed data counting, these Python snippets ...

Lawyer Jefferson Fisher was in court ­representing his client when it was his turn to question a witness, Bobby LaPray. A man mountain who became increasingly enraged with Jefferson's questions, Bobby ...

This is a column about a helpful trick that will radically improve your memory with minimal effort so you can learn faster. But before I get to the science behind the technique and how it can help ...

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 ...

Discover a fast and powerful calculus-based method for finding square roots with impressive accuracy. This explanation shows how derivatives and iterative approximation can be used to quickly zero in ...

In an interview with Variety, Cox even floated a connection between Jeremy Strong’s Method acting and Daniel Day-Lewis since “Jeremy was Day-Lewis’ assistant. So he’s learned all that stuff from Dan.” ...

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. President Donald Trump said U.S. military strikes on five Venezuelan boats have saved more than 100,000 lives because the maneuvers thwarted drug ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WKRC) - A biomedical engineer discovered a method that can create real leather in a lab without necessitating the death of any animals. George Engelmayr is a biomedical engineer at ...

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 ...

Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the medication if necessary — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement. Credit ...