These days, it’s common for automakers to build road-legal tributes to their race cars; whether these have any extra performance to go with the extra carbon-fiber and graphics packages or whether they ...

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The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

During the 1930s, the Great Depression cast a long shadow across America. But life didn’t stop: People worked, danced, built, invented, rebelled, and dreamed of a brighter future. From steelworkers ...

Historian Sam Dalrymple uncovers the profound connections Burma (now Myanmar) once shared with India’s political and cultural fabric, while highlighting how its separation has been largely overlooked ...

The United States is sliding into 1930s-style autocratic politics, billionaire Ray Dalio has warned. “I think that what is happening now politically and socially is analogous to what happened around ...

Neil Armstrong, born August 5, 1930, served as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, accumulating 78 Korean War missions. Following his naval service, he obtained a bachelor's degree in aeronautical ...

The automotive industry made some of the biggest leaps during the 1930s. Despite the Great Depression, automakers pushed forward with innovative solutions. Cars were faster than ever before, thanks to ...

Dylan Thomas Dantzig, of Pleasanton, passed away far too soon, leaving behind a legacy of curiosity, kindness, and connection. A graduate of Amador Valley High School (2016), Dylan studied at Durham ...