Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very ...

Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical ...

U.S. students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and rapidly ...

Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know ...

Bill Rollins Jr., 97, wrote and self-published 'Trisecting an Angle,' to try to share his solution with the world.

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

The Cabot Professor of Mathematics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss life lessons from mathematics, the challenges of formulating good questions, and his work visualizing curved space.

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California's new math instruction framework may look unfamiliar to parents, but once parents understand the family- and ...

Baltimore — Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...

The seemingly unpredictable, and thereby uncontrollable, dynamics of living organisms have perplexed and fascinated ...