Quantum particles have a social life, of a sort. They interact and form relationships with each other, and one of the most ...

In other words: stress about money exacerbates financial problems. And avoiding dealing with debt doesn’t mean you’re lazy—it ...

New research finds girls and women more often use step-by-step algorithms, while boys and men use shortcuts. Accuracy is ...

At Creo College Preparatory Charter School in the South Bronx, after students spent hours taking practice tests, they were ...

Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving.

The scope of all human knowledge is, understandably, so massive that no one person can manage to fully comprehend even a ...

"So far, both his first and second grade teachers have danced around the issue when reporting bad days to us. Rather than ...

Having a high score is no grounds for guaranteed admission, and a low score does not always lead to a closed door. So many other factors are at play,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

Every now and again life accidentally leaves a door unlocked. Only those who dare to enter are rewarded with great and ...

For four decades, a quiet boundary in pure mathematics kept a powerful theorem locked inside the safe world of finite quantities. Now a new result known as Sebestyen’s theorem has pushed that boundary ...

A now-retired Palm Beach County high school English teacher spells out challenges of lowered expectations in today's ...

Rob and Michele Reiner were well-known in California not only for their creative contributions but for their passionate advocacy. It was challenging Prop. 8, California’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriage ...