From structured frameworks to AI-powered feedback, new research is transforming how students approach physics problems. Studies show that expert-like strategies, collaboration, and avoiding common ...

On a notoriously difficult, six-hour math test whose median score was one point out of 120, Quanlin Chen ’25 earned an 80. Chen’s score earned him ninth place and $1,000 in the 83rd William Lowell ...

How good is your company at problem solving? Probably quite good, if your managers are like those at the companies I’ve studied. What they struggle with, it turns out, is not solving problems but ...

Young children can reach agreement without talking or seeing the whole group. Their secret may be the mix of leaders, ...

We spend a lot of time thinking about the difficult people in our lives—the friend who can't take feedback, the partner who always has to be right, the coworker who turns everything into a fight. But ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, "Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down," and Max obeys. Can ...

This is the fourth in a seven-part series examining the policing strategies that shape public safety in America, including ...

It’s July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are about to land on the moon. They will be the first humans to set foot ...

Five steps to ensure that you don’t jump to solutions by Julia Binder and Michael D. Watkins When business leaders confront complex problems, there’s a powerful impulse to dive right into “solving” ...

Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help ...

Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...

As a staff writer for Forbes Advisor, SMB, Kristy helps small business owners find the tools they need to keep their businesses running. She uses the experience of managing her own writing and editing ...