The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment. Abraham Lincoln spoke admiringly of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but ...

1 Warwick Mathematics Institute, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom 2 School of Computer and Information Engineering, Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China To ...

Equal-weight funds offer similar long-term returns as cap-weighted but higher volatility and expense ratios. Equal-weight strategy avoids over-concentration in large cap stocks, reducing bias toward ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that makes major changes to how workplaces handle diversity and inclusion, especially for companies working with the federal government. The order, ...

The Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, where the first Convention for Women's Rights was held on July 19 and 20, 1848. Over 300 men and women attended. Over a hundred years ago, on December 14 ...

President Joe Biden’s symbolic declaration on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” likely only sets up more debates for Congress and the courts over the constitutional ...