President Trump uses a lot of numbers. When he rallied Republican members of the House earlier this week, he used the word percent more than 30 times. And as NPR senior White House correspondent ...

WhatsApp's mass adoption stems in part from how easy it is to find a new contact on the messaging platform: Add someone's phone number, and WhatsApp instantly shows whether they're on the service, and ...

Despite President Donald Trump portraying San Francisco as a hotbed of crime, violent crime in the city has dropped to the lowest levels in decades. The San Francisco Police Department’s (SFPD) tally ...

The Powerball lottery jackpot was an estimated $258 million with a cash option of $120.8 million for Monday night's drawing. The Powerball lottery drawing for Monday, Oct. 13 was finally held after a ...

Elliot Varoy does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Our phones are a direct line to us, but sometimes we don’t want to give our numbers out to just anyone. They have more information attached to them than we might realize. Instead of giving your real ...

Eight of the album’s singles that preceded the LP’s release made the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Six of the tracks became Top 10s, with “Love Somebody” bowing at Number One in November and ...

A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. The equations are fundamental to maths as well as science, where they have broad applications ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra’s oldest challenge – solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, ...

Some people think tens of millions of dead people are collecting Social Security checks. That's not true. What's really going on is people don't understand its old, underlying technology. The saga of ...

If you want to accentuate the importance of a problem, it seems sensible to explain how prevalent it is. Lots of people are at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Lots of women carry a gene that makes them ...