A council of administrators and instructional leaders have rejected a teacher’s offer to teach Multivariable Calculus at Palo Alto High School – a blow to students and parents who have advocated for ...

The Palo Alto Board of Education has unanimously approved a multivariable calculus course. Weekly file photo by Veronica Weber. The Palo Alto Board of Education unanimously approved two new advanced ...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another continued its roll through the early awards season gauntlet Wednesday, when it was selected the Best Film by the National Board of Review. The group of ...

There's one historical movie scene that comes to mind for me when I think about Sid Meier's Civilization 7, and it's not a flashy arena fight in Gladiator or mission control cheering as we safely ...

Palo Alto Unified School District board members are working to add Multivariable Calculus as an after-school math elective at Palo Alto High School due to a school board meeting earlier this month.

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

In pop music, there’s no such phenomenon as a sure thing — except for Kylie. She’s the constant in the equation. One thing you can always count on is the way the dance-floor queen will always step ...

Michael Gracey's film about the British pop star features a computer-generated monkey in the lead role (yes, you read that right). By Stephen Farber It is sometimes amazing to see what directors who ...

Italian director Maura Delpero's "Maternal" follow-up is an intimate epic of miraculous rigor and restraint, set in a remote WWII-era mountain community. Over the course of the changing seasons, the ...

Director Guillem Morales tries to trick the audience with too many plot twists, but winds up diluting the effectiveness of his thriller. Harris is Heather, a wealthy childless Londoner in a tense ...