‘Old Town Road’ defied a 20-year trend in hit music. Math explains why
A new study shows the average lifetime in the charts for singles and albums has dropped dramatically since the 1990s. How did "Old Town Road" buck this trend?…
Why mental illness can’t predict mass shootings
More than 90 percent of violent crimes — including shootings — would likely still occur even if every suspect with a mental health condition was stopped before they carried out an attack.
Analysis: Why the 2020 census doesn’t need a citizenship question to count the undocumented
Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than you might think.
Is CBD legal? Here’s what you need to know, according to science
If you buy or sell CBD, you could be breaking the law. These science lessons can explain why.
The best way to ride an escalator isn't what you'd expect, but it's 27 percent more efficient.
Math can solve your eternal questions of ordering pizza and explain why folding your pizza is always the strongest move.
Despite their “miniature brains,” honeybees can harness both long-term rules and short-term memory in order to solve math problems.
We can find some clues to how the shutdown might end in game theory, which uses math to map out how players and their strategies evolve in the real world.
On Friday, representatives from 57 nations will gather in a conference room in Versailles, France to redefine the kilogram. In other words: the way we weigh the world is about to change.
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