For a long time, Japan had a very convenient system for licensed drivers from other countries to convert their permits to Japanese ones. For some, this involved a very, very, very simplified version ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

Learning something on YouTube seems kind of modern. But if you are watching a 1957 instructional film about slide rules, it also seems old-fashioned. But Encyclopædia Britannica has a complete ...

The Indian government has ordered smartphone makers to preinstall its Sanchar Saathi app on all devices, a move that is ...

The governing body’s latest World Handicap System breakdown reveals the nation’s golfing elite – and how you compare ...

Make sure your angles are in units of radians (not degrees), where 2π radians = 360 degrees. But after that you will get the ...

Husky Elijah Nieman is seeking the sweet spot between human adaptability and artificial intelligence's tirelessness. The Michigan Technological University researcher is studying AI decision-making ...

Many brands have adopted voluntary standards and certification schemes as part of their sustainability efforts, and many consumers look out for their logos and labels on the products they buy. But do ...

Is 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,727 prime? Before you ask the Internet for an answer, can you consider how you might answer that question without a ...

Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).