Sometimes the smartest answer isn’t the most technical one. This collection highlights ingenious fixes that cut through ...

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When we see a problem, we want to stop and immediately fix it. This is easy enough if the fix takes 30 seconds, such as putting something away or adjusting something askew. But what do you do if ...

DENVER — Sometimes the most complicated problems have the simplest solutions. "We kinda talked about what it would be like to have a group that was specific for prevention," Gaby Mohr, a school health ...

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human brain is very good at solving complicated problems. One reason for that is that humans can break problems apart into manageable subtasks that are easy to solve one at a time ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Simple machines can be found almost anywhere from nineteenth-century water powered mills, to modern day construction sites. Once you know what to ...

Nov. 5 (UPI) --Not only have Americans fallen prey to pursuing a seemingly simple answer to a complicated and complex problem, but they also have badly failed. Venezuela is the current poster child ...

When faced with a tricky maze task involving hidden information, humans instinctively toggle between two clever mental strategies: simplifying in steps or mentally rewinding. MIT researchers showed ...