Built-in speedometers have been the standard method for measuring our driving speed since the early 20th century. These devices have seen some changes in the time since, including transitioning from a ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem that had stymied mathematicians for a century. In this case, the solvers weren't human. An artificial ...

The average car speedometer may be off by a few mph There are several GPS and 3rd party apps that show your actual speed The speedometer, of course, tells you how fast or slow your car is moving when ...

In the early days of motoring, there was no nationwide speed limit. This meant that drivers could theoretically reach very high speeds on certain public roads without worrying about tickets. However, ...

The busy box that is your brain is hard at work all day long—and it doesn’t quit when you’re asleep. Not only does your brain fill your slumber with dreams, it also goes right on solving the problems ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

The company estimates that if every Chrome user browses for just 10 minutes a day, the improved performance could save 58 million hours each year. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...