A Mathematician with early access to XAI Grok 4.20, found a new Bellman function for one of the problems he had been working ...

Joe Root, the world’s top-ranked batter and second on the all-time Test runs list behind Sachin Tendulkar, had never reached three figures in Australia despite three previous Ashes tours. On Thursday, ...

Joe Root finishes first day of second Test in Brisbane 135 not out to end 13-year and 16-Test wait for a first Test hundred in Australia; the 34-year-old leads England's recovery from 5-2 inside the ...

Root hits his first century in Australia as England end day one on top What a relief. So tangible, you can almost touch it. Relief that after 12 years and 30 attempts, Joe Root has a Test century in ...

Joe Root and Jofra Archer added an unbeaten 61 off 44 before stumps, the highest tenth-wicket stand in pink-ball Tests • Darrian Traynor/Getty Images 30 Innings that Joe Root took to score his maiden ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Remember when the University of California kicked off a trend by eliminating the SAT test as an ...

Joe Root endured a disappointing start to the Ashes 2025 in Perth, failing to score in the first innings and managing only eight in the second, with Mitchell Starc claiming his wicket on both ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...