As federal investigators prepare to release a preliminary report on two house explosions that injured five residents on the North Side, a former director at the agency is weighing in with a potential ...

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Grocery shopping doesn’t have to be expensive. The price differences may seem small at a glance, but if you do the math, you can save more money over time. If you like shopping in bulk, Costco offers ...

U.S. Navy Capt. Vince Libasci during USS Arlington change-of-command ceremony (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Bret Whorton) Arlington’s namesake U.S. Navy ship has a new commanding officer. Navy Capt.

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Two mathematicians have used a new geometric approach in order to address a very old problem in algebra. In school, we often learn how to multiply out and factor polynomial equations like (x² – 1) or ...

Mathematicians sometimes think of their research as a garden and unsolved problems as seeds waiting to sprout. Some problems are analogous to tulip bulbs. As mathematicians work to solve them, they ...

New tools make it possible to detect hidden manipulation of maps. Until recently, gerrymandered districts tended to stick out, identifiable by their contorted tendrils. This is no longer the case.

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After 44 years, there’s finally a better way to find approximate solutions to the notoriously difficult traveling salesperson problem. When Nathan Klein started graduate school two years ago, his ...