The COVID-19 era has been an extraordinary time to be a policy maker. The pandemic has created a decision-making environment that is tremendously difficult to navigate—just look at the vast multitude ...

In the early 1970s mathematician Donald Knuth spent a sabbatical with his wife in Norway. The time was meant to be spent relaxing. Yet one night he woke up his partner in a state of agitation. He ...

In 1886 the mathematician Leopold Kronecker famously said, “God Himself made the whole numbers — everything else is the work of men.” Indeed, mathematicians have introduced new sets of numbers besides ...