The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Golfers play East Potomac's fifth hole as trucks unloads debris and soil from the demolition of the White House's East Wing on October 24. Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images Future control of Washington D ...

If you’re interested in becoming a real estate agent in New York, you’ll need to complete a 77-hour prelicensing course and pass the state exam. To help set you up for success on the New York real ...

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Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will. By Jeffrey GettlemanAmelia Nierenberg and Maya Tekeli Needing U.S. support to fend ...

US chemist Alice Ball was born in Seattle, Washington, on 24 July 1892. She came from a middle-class African-American family of photographers; her grandfather, James Presley Ball, was one of the first ...