Language translation is a notoriously difficult task for humans, let alone computers. But in trying to solve that problem Google has stumbled across a clever trick, that involves treating them like ...

Artificial intelligence has moved from checking homework to attacking problems that professional mathematicians once treated as out of reach. Systems tuned for symbolic reasoning are now cracking long ...

A new math curriculum has boosted test scores in several states. So why haven’t some New York City parents signed on? Thomas Dooley, a fast-talking, 47-year-old retired firefighter in Queens, New York ...