The contributions of many Black women inventors have often been overlooked or underrepresented in historical narratives.

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The 111th Alumni Day showcased how Princetonians are fulfilling the University’s commitment to service and standing up for ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...

The thermometer doesn't always tell us how cold it feels outside. An Erie man came up with a formula that does. Wind chill, or how cold it actually feels based on the combined intensity of cold and ...

US mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers to contribute to this key technology. She was one of ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

TNA Wrestling has had its fair share of memorable moments and historic matches, but if you ask any wrestling fan what is the one thing that they associate with the company, chances are a lot of them ...

Ah, the yellow light. You know, that signal that is supposed to let you know to slow down as you approach the intersection, but makes you speed up instead? You probably take it for granted, but ...