Playing with arithmetic can lead us to unexpected and profound discoveries that point toward deeper mathematics and sometimes even deeper science. We solved our last Insights puzzle by performing some ...

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Researchers studying locusts have found that the presence of smell can be determined by simply adding and subtracting the presence of certain neurons. Smell a cup of coffee. Smell it inside or outside ...

The Tal Law may have been a realistic attempt to gradually wean the ultra-Orthodox community from the exemptions their yeshiva students have been enjoying since the early years of Israel’s existence.

The envisaged Gwadar-Khunjrab-Kashgar railway and oil pipeline, for which a feasibility report was completed by Chinese engineers before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s 2010 visit to Pakistan, bodes evil ...

Football’s Western Conference was so alarmed at losing fans to TV that it canceled all future telecasts of games (TIME, Aug. 28). Last week officials of Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden thought they ...