Abstract: In probability theory, variance is a device to measure dispersion of random variable from its mean. In order to explain complex uncertain random variable,variance and pseudo-variance are ...

My dad was someone to whom I turned whenever something went sideways in my life. Regardless of the challenge—a flat tire, a fight with a boyfriend, challenges paying for college—he would patiently ...

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In January 2020, just eight months into her tenure as CEO of Best Buy, Corie Barry learned about a novel coronavirus spreading in China. By early March, Barry was getting reports that the virus was ...

Our perception of the world is inherently shaped by our own interests, traits, and experiences, but there are certain traits of complex thinkers who process the world differently from everyone else.

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...

Wide complex tachycardia is a general term that refers to conditions that cause an unusually fast heart rate and a particular pattern on an EKG. Tachycardia is when your heart beats unusually fast, ...

AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 are steps toward building systems that can reason, which could unlock exciting new capabilities. AI models can easily generate essays and other types of text. However, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A few centuries ago, the swirling polychromatic chaos of Jupiter’s atmosphere spawned the immense vortex that we call the Great Red Spot ...

A drunk Texas woman allegedly tried to drown a random three-year-old Palestinian girl in an apartment complex pool after spewing racist remarks, cops said. Elizabeth Wolf, 42, was arrested and hit ...

A man who has been entering a Planet Fitness gym using the barcodes of random items has finally been caught. TikTok user 'Jayotv_' wanted to avoid paying for a gym membership and wanted to see if he ...

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic and debilitating pain disorder, typically considered lifelong with limited treatment options. Now, groundbreaking research finds that early detection ...