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Irrational meets the radical: Mathematician solves one of algebra’s oldest problems

For centuries, one of algebra’s oldest puzzles has remained unsolved—how to find exact answers for higher-degree polynomials, where the variable is raised to the fifth power or more. Mathematicians ...
Education Week

AI Can Solve an Algebra Equation in Seconds. Here’s How Math Teachers Can Adapt

ChatGPT, Photomath, Symbolab, and other artificial intelligence-powered platforms can solve a complicated math equation in just seconds—and provide a step-by-step explanation of the answer. That power ...
CNN

What Burning Man can teach you about yourself and the world, even if you never go

Have you ever wanted to burn a man? In June 1986, the founders of the Burning Man project and nonprofit, Larry Harvey and Jerry James, built a wooden human effigy and set it on fire on San Francisco’s ...
Yahoo

Burning Man, home of 'radical self-expression,' removes pro-Palestinian sculpture from its website

In this Sept. 2, 2006, file photo, "The Man," a stick figure symbol of the Burning Man art festival, is silhouetted against a morning sunrise in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (Ron Lewis / Associated ...