The Molinaro Snake Lab shares a look at children’s pythons after they hatch from their eggs. Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool What happens if ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

Code enforcement officer Jesalyn Harper discovered a clandestine biolab in a Reedley, Calif., warehouse containing dangerous pathogens including HIV, malaria, COVID-19 and Ebola. The facility was ...

The Seattle Times’ Education Lab examines the educational system from early childhood through post-secondary. Education Lab is supported by Gates Foundation, Ballmer Group and The Norcliffe Foundation ...

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...

Officials in California criticized the federal response to a bio lab found in a Fresno County suburb after a similar setup was found at a home in Las Vegas over the weekend. The California lab was ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — HB 2320 is a proposed bill aiming to update state laws to address the rise of untraceable "ghost guns" through the unlicensed 3D printing and distribution of firearms. The bill seeks to ...

Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges.

This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...

Computers are extremely good with numbers, but they haven’t gotten many human mathematicians fired. Until recently, they could barely hold their own in high school-level math competitions. But now ...