Most adults like to think they’re pretty smart — until a simple trivia question knocks them straight off their high horse. The truth is, even the most basic facts can slip through the cracks thanks to ...

Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith is facing backlash and mockery on social media after she appeared to not understand a question from the media about the department's ...

27 Share or save for quick reference. Do your students ask you how to spell “because” three times a week, even though it’s on the word wall? It might be time to dust off those dictionary skills. And ...

9 Share or save for quick reference. Hey there music-loving educators and parents, If you’ve ever searched for music note worksheets and thought, “Why are these just blank staffs and busy ...

Siri launched on the iPhone 4S all the way back in 2011, and yet it still struggles to answer some of the most basic questions. Daring Fireball's John Gruber today highlighted a recent post from a ...

Understanding how the odds work, and their relation to the real probability of winning, is crucial for any player. Specifically, players who want to optimise their bankroll and play games or bets with ...

It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A broad new method can help settle this ancient question. In June 1978, the ...

Abstract: In Dempster-Shafer evidence theory, basic probability assignment (BPA) plays a important role in representing uncertain and unknown information. How to generate highquality BPA is essential, ...