The University Core Renewal Committee invites proposals for Complex Problem and Enduring Question courses to be taught during the 2026-2027 academic year. Contributing to the rigorous intellectual ...

When the Clay Mathematics Institute put individual $1-million prize bounties on seven unsolved mathematical problems, they may have undervalued one entry—by a lot. If mathematicians were to resolve, ...

When computer scientists hang out at cocktail parties, they're apt to chat, among other things, about the single most important unsolved problem in computer science: the question, Does P = NP?

First year students are invited to enroll in Boston College’s innovative Complex Problem and Enduring Question University Core courses. These courses are collaboratively taught by two faculty members ...

Harvard College Dean of Science Jeff W. Lichtman wants to reshape how undergraduates are solving problems. Lichtman — who was appointed as Dean of Science in July — said in an interview with The ...

Karin Verspoor receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Medical Research Future Fund, the National Health and Medical Research Council, and Elsevier BV. She is affiliated with ...

Erik Hoel opens his recent book, The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science 1, with a review of “humanity’s two perspectives on the world.” I learned of Hoel’s ...