US author and speaker Daniel Pink is among those who argue that finding problems is what leads to creative breakthroughs—and therefore a critical skill for students to learn today. (Photo by Dustin ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Mathematicians have illuminated what sets of points can look like if the distances between them are all whole numbers. The change of plans came on a road trip. On a beautiful day last April, the ...