When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the ...

It’s not about bad execution, but it boils down to thinking alignment. This happens when we use small tools for big problems, big tools for small problems, then we wonder why everyone is tired and ...

President Donald Trump, in a brief phone call with POLITICO, cast himself as the savior for a United Nations in danger of financial collapse, touting his ability to get members to pay unpaid dues. But ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

The most recent TIMSS assessment underscores the seriousness of our problem. Canadian Grade 4 students performed below both U.S. students and the international median at nearly every math benchmark ...

If you have felt emotionally drained or alone for most of your life, you probably learned early on that relying on yourself was the safest option. When kids grow up solving their own problems, they ...