Scientific American

Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers

This requires an algorithm: students are taught to stack one number atop another and multiply each digit of the bottom number ...
Interesting Engineering

Ukraine’s long-range kamikaze drone can hit 1,000 miles away with 265-pound explosives

On May 6, 2025, Ukraine officially unveiled its latest long-range strike drone, the FP-1, during a demonstration at Infantry Day commemorations. The platform, exhibited publicly for the first time, is ...
researchbysubject.bucknell.edu

Bucknell Professor's Research Challenges Long-held Beliefs About How We Think About Numbers

Psychologists have long known that people in Western cultures tend to associate smaller numbers with the left side of space and larger numbers with the right, a phenomenon known as the ...
Newsday

Three Village, Islip, Bayport-Blue Point, Locust Valley, South Country school budgets approved in revote

This story was reported by Dandan Zou, Ashna Balroop and Angelina Livigni. It was written by Zou. Voters in five Long Island districts approved budgets for the 2026-27 school year after the first ...
Wales Online

Lloyds, Nationwide and NatWest customers told to call three-digit number by MSE

Millions have used a little-known service that can sniff out a scam in minutes, saving people from losing their hard-earned money to cybercriminals. Recently flagged by Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert ...