New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, patterns.

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

The share of students proficient in math, English, and science is up for the first time since the pandemic - but passing rates remain well below pre-pandemic levels.

New studies show a Greater Boston population becoming more racially diverse, but also more disconnected by income, and by shifting educational choices following the Covid-19 pandemic. As multiple ...

Busy evenings. Unfinished math worksheets. Tired kids. These can all create stress for any household. Families often juggle schedules packed with activities.

Virginia’s hemp and cannabis industries are caught between safety enforcement and market consolidation. As state regulators ramp up raids and restrict hemp flower sales, small businesses say ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

Montgomery happened to find strikingly similar behavior in the prime numbers— specifically, the correlations between the positions of the notorious zeros of the Riemann zeta function. They weren’t ...

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.

US stock market PE ratios are at record highs. See here to know what's driving them, and how long this trend may last.

You can watch more episodes of Numberblocks on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer. Start with series one and learn about the different numbers and progress to more complicated maths and numeracy as your child ...