Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working in groups on a particularly tricky word problem: If ...

A dot plot or dot chart consists of data points plotted on a graph. The Federal Reserve uses dot plots to show its predicted interest rate outlook.

This sort of motion is common in galaxies sporting active central supermassive black holes, like the one in the nearby elliptical galaxy M87. Astronomers have measured motion in M87’s ejecta as rapid ...

A study by University of Hawaiʻi researchers is advancing how we learn the laws that govern complex systems—from ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

Physicists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology were, for the first ...

RIKEN physicists have created the first thin films featuring a special combination of electrical and topological properties.

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Example Find the equation of the line of symmetry and the coordinates of the turning point of the graph of y = x 2 6 x + 4. Writing y = x 2 6 x + 4 in completed square form gives y = (x 3) 2 5.

For the first time, scientists visualized how electrons behave during a chemical reaction, which could help reduce unwanted ...

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is ...