When a whale dies, its body sinks to the ocean floor and begins an extraordinary transformation. The remains become a rare ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in ...

Washington County police said they are looking for a married couple accused of living with a decomposing body for several months while continuing to cash the deceased person’s social security checks.

The decomposing body found in a Stamford, Conn., home following a deadly standoff last week was publicly identified Wednesday by police. Carmine Boccuzzi, who would have been 79 years old, was found ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) — A death investigation is currently underway by the Paducah Police Department after a decomposing body was found in a wooded area near the 1300 block of Tennessee Street. Police ...

A second decomposing body was found inside the Stamford, Conn., home where a suspect barricaded himself and opened fire on police before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Wednesday. Jed ...

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 ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

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 ...

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 ...