math
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California Lets Self-Driving Taxis Loose In San Francisco All Day and Night
Nascent robotaxi services Waymo and Cruise are going to be out in force on the Streets of San Francisco like rambunctious, autonomous, teenaged hooligans after a state public utilities body granted the companies license to drive out at all hours of the day and night, even without a safety driver behind the wheel. After a…
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Mathematicians No Longer Stumped By The Number 3
Just on the heels of finding three cubed numbers that sum to 42, scientists have passed another important milestone by finding three enormous cubes that sum to 3.
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Study Of 1.6 Million Grades Shows Little Gender Difference In Maths And Science At School
There is a stubborn stereotype that maths and science are masculine. But our study of the school grades of more than 1.6 million students shows that girls and boys perform similarly in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects. The research, published today in Nature Communications, also shows that girls do better than boys in…