AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT ...

Household income grew last year, but not for everyone. New U.S. Census Bureau data shows income for the top 10% climbed 1.7% in 2025, while earnings for the bottom 10% held essentially flat, widening ...

American households earned a record median income of $87,460 last year, according to new Census Bureau data. The catch? That figure is only slightly above the previous peak set in 2019. Adjusting for ...

Data reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program shows 2024 to 2025 marked the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936. Following the May ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

More than 900 participants helped remove 280 invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, according to the FWC. Tom Rahill won the grand prize of $10,000 by ...

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This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Data centers, once unseen infrastructure, are now being built everywhere. The brief ...

Python hunter and Naples native Taylor Stanberry won the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's annual Python Challenge last July, catching a total of 60 pythons during the 10-day ...

Data validation doesn't stop at checking for missing values or duplicate records. Real-world datasets have issues that basic quality checks miss entirely. You’ll run into semantic inconsistencies, ...

The federal government’s science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees, 11.9%, between September 2024 and December 2025, according to a new analysis from the Partnership for Public Service. The ...

Central to NOAA’s commitment to open science is making data we produce accessible and usable to others. As datasets become increasingly large and complex, more state-of-the-art data science tools and ...