What do a 20th-century physicist, an 18th-century statistician and an ancient Greek philosopher have in common? They all knew how to extrapolate with incredible accuracy. Columnist Jacob Aron explains ...

How do biological cells join forces to form a structure? In her Ph.D. research, Daphne Nesenberend uses mathematics to show ...

A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You might have grabbed an old Speak and Spell that you want to repurpose ...

Kids with math learning disabilities process number symbols differently than quantities shown as dots — and it shows up in ...

In revamping its approach to math, Illinois joins a growing group of states that are passing legislation, unveiling new requirements, or issuing revised guidance designed to counteract yearslong ...

Getting an up-close view of life at the cellular level can be as simple as placing onion skin under a microscope and adjusting the knobs. Peering deeper, into the heart of the atoms within, isn't as ...

The paper, published recently in PLOS One, describes an investigation of 112 ostrich eggshell fragments dating back more than ...

Teachers can use these routines to seamlessly integrate SEL into math instruction to boost students’ proficiency and encourage a positive math identity.

One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

Brainteasers are more than casual puzzles as they are structured in such a way that they serve as mental exercises. These puzzles can help stimulate reasoning, focus, and analytical thinking. There ...

An aggressive stock market sell-off focused on investors' fears that AI will disrupt the software industry has spread to some of Wall Street's biggest money management firms. And their executives have ...

At this point, we’ve all heard plenty of stories about AI chatbots leading users to harmful actions, harmful beliefs, or simply incorrect information. Despite the prevalence of these stories, though, ...