When society tries to force equality it must try to limit freedom; a healthy society should try to achieve a balance so no ...

For nearly 200 years, "higher-degree polynomial equations" resisted any general solution. An Australian mathematician ...

As the nation's colleges and universities respond to the U.S. Supreme Court's "race-neutral" admissions mandates and the ...

Climate change is increasingly emerging as a global threat to human health, profoundly affecting various aspects of life. Its impacts manifest both ...

Harvard professor publishes 'Equality,' a conversation with economist Thomas Piketty about one of his obsessions. "The most ...

Five millennia ago, wealth inequality—which had stayed roughly constant for thousands of years—exploded. It has stayed ...

In the name of fighting income inequality, pundits in the UK and US are calling for wealth taxes as magic bullets that will ...

For centuries, one of algebra’s oldest puzzles has remained unsolved—how to find exact answers for higher-degree polynomials, ...