This week, a centuries-old geometric exercise that is easier than it looks, and a disputed division of a soft drink between a pair of twins. A recent research paper on how AI approaches mathematical ...

A recent research paper on how AI approaches mathematical problems provides the basis for the first of this week’s puzzles. Mind you, I am not going into what AI did. The puzzle merely picks up the ...

Massachusetts Avenue, the four-and-a-half-mile corridor of life that runs from the Charles to the Alewife Brook Parkway, has seen a lot in its time. Imagine if that old cow path could talk.

The parents of a group of children who were playing football in a public square in Venice have been fined. The 14 youngsters between the ages of 10 and 13 were playing outdoors in the Campo Pino ...

Beneath a city square in the English city of Leicester, archaeologists have discovered a Roman infant burial, remnants of medieval commerce and a 16th-century civic building’s foundations. Experts ...

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...

Scottsdale Fashion Square's Palm Court is set for a major renovation starting in early 2026. Upgrades will include new landscaping, seating, flooring, lighting, and expanded restrooms. A new ...

Dozens of people incarcerated in Maine are allowed to have laptops and hold down remote jobs. In some cases, they're making upwards of $60,000 a year. People in prison work all kinds of jobs. They're ...

Some lenders along with Democrats in Congress say that a recent Small Business Administration policy change on immigration has overshot the mark, blocking people who are in the country legally and ...

Juventus pulled off a movie-like draw against Borussia Dortmund (4-4) in their Champions League debut, in a clash that seemed lost until the 94th minute. With Dusan Vlahovic as the unexpected hero, ...

A billboard in Times Square displays the message "Soccer Federations: Boycott Israel" as part of the campaign by Game Over Israel calling for a boycott of Israel by national soccer federations over ...

A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license on Wednesday after running into fierce opposition from Broadway ...