A question from his granddaughter sparked Ed Scheinerman's new book, 'A Guide to Infinity', where he shows that infinity ...

When your AI assistant calculates revenue, bonuses, VAT or financial summaries, it isn’t doing math. It’s telling a convincing story about numbers.

Sudoku and other puzzles can incorporate play and critical thinking skills, while easing students into solving standard math ...

Meet the former classroom instructional coach in charge of the state's new effort to turn around math performance in public ...

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Blizzards are a real-life example of what game theorists call the “snowdrift problem,” a cousin of the prisoner’s dilemma ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

A mathematical trick speeds up seismic calculations for earthquake simulations and could revolutionize earthquake preparedness.

LLMs have recently helped find solutions to a number of minor longstanding problems. But a new plan called First Proof is really putting them to the test ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. But new research I led found that difficulties with advanced topics often stem from earlier gaps in ...

For months, neighbors of east Vancouver’s forthcoming In-N-Out Burger have taken to social media to trade fears about the restaurant’s potential to clog two vital city streets. But city officials aren ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...