Discover a fast and powerful calculus-based method for finding square roots with impressive accuracy. This explanation shows how derivatives and iterative approximation can be used to quickly zero in ...

I don’t typically write responses to other opinion pieces, but there was one two weeks ago about new techniques in elementary math education that has inspired me. The main complaint was that there are ...

This breakthrough allows researchers to visualize where individual genes are active at the cellular level—information that has long been missing due to technical limitations in tea biology. By ...

About 1 million people in the U.S. live with multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease that inflames the nervous system and scrambles communication between the brain and body. MS, for which ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Brent’s Method is a robust, efficient algorithm for finding zeros of functions, combining bisection, secant, and inverse quadratic interpolation. It is widely used in scientific computing. Adding ...

Managing multiple debts at once is rarely a simple task, but doing so has become even more complicated in today's tough economic environment. Elevated interest rates, higher everyday costs and the ...

For millions of Americans living with chronic pain, the cycle feels endless: temporary relief followed by the inevitable return of pain and discomfort. Traditional approaches often focus on managing ...

Organic farmer Coleman (The Winter Harvest Handbook) provides an enlightening manual for sustainably growing food without synthetic chemicals. His “self-fed” method allows gardeners to maintain soil ...

Oregon State University researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of conditions, ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday declined to rule out seeking a third presidential term — an unconstitutional act explicitly barred under the 22nd Amendment — saying that “there are methods which you ...

Rooting your Samsung Galaxy without voiding the warranty is a delicate process that requires careful selection of methods and tools. This guide outlines several approaches that claim to preserve ...