For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

A dad was reviewing his son’s math homework assignment when the unexpected appearance of two words, scribbled in pencil, ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

The doubling square trick is a simple mathematical shortcut designed for class 6 to 10 students to make multiplication easier ...

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Each week, Times Union high school football expert James Allen provides what you need to know about the week's action. Week 10 is here, and that means the Section 2 football semifinals are about to be ...

Feel free to chalk up Predator: Badlands’ top placement at the box office this weekend to the IP value of its title character, or to director Dan Trachtenberg’s success with the Predator sequel Prey a ...

For the first half of the twentieth century, Sudan was a joint protectorate of Egypt and the United Kingdom, known as the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. Egypt and the United Kingdom signed a treaty ...