Happy Birthday, Java! Even as rivals Python and Rust claim the spotlight, proponents say the 30-year-old language will continue to forge ahead. Introduced by Sun Microsystems on May 23 ...

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...

Among them: a puzzling claim that Harvard kids can’t do math. “Did you see that, where the students can’t add two and two and they go to Harvard?” President Trump said on May 23 during an ...

The 2019 rules said that Standard Math was for students who wanted to study math in higher classes and Basic Math was for children who didn't want to study math after Class 10. Before, only ...

A seemingly simple math problem has left social media users confused as they argue over the correct answer. The equation, shared by user @BholanathDutta on X, appears simple enough for grade ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to journalists at the White House on April 29. (John McDonnell/for The Washington Post) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent found himself in an unexpected ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Trump administration doesn’t want you to trust independent analysis of their “big, beautiful” tax bill. The bill—now headed to the Senate—proposes cutting upward of $880 billion from ...

The number of differences that need to be resolved on both sides of the Capitol still makes it hard to see precisely how the math winds up mathing. There’s also the matter of the provisions the ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 25, a planned long-term support release of standard Java due in September, has reached the initial rampdown or bug-fixing phase with 18 features. The final feature ...