This video breaks down the bizarre legal battle over who owns the JavaScript name. Despite not creating or maintaining the language, Oracle controls the trademark. The story traces how this happened ...

Even if the most dire predictions about AI fail to materialize, there’s no doubt that its arrival raises big questions about the purpose of K–12 education. Most existentially: What skills do students ...

We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The numbers are staggering. Nearly one in four 17-year-old boys in the United States has ...

For elementary students, math problem-solving often feels like a puzzle without all the pieces. They know there’s a solution somewhere, but they can’t quite see how it all fits together. Behind every ...

Armies of humanoid robots are poised to march into the world’s factories. But before they’re ready to turn a wrench, they must solve what Elon Musk calls “the hands problem.” Creating the mechanical ...

There is a peculiar irony in watching the world’s most technologically advanced military struggle with something as basic as making enough bullets. Yet this is precisely where America finds itself as ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. When you purchase ...