In certain circumstances, losses create a sure path to victory, an idea with implications for biology and cancer therapy ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

Since the Myrtle Beach area's first Trader Joe's store opened at the end of September, excited shoppers have swarmed the popular grocery chain. Much of Trader Joe's appeal comes down to its specialty ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: The importance of math literacy cannot be overstated (“Math crisis began a decade ago and has only ...

I learned that government is not a faceless, bureaucratic machine. It’s ordinary people working incredibly hard to do a little bit of good. Austin Forrester is a junior at Georgetown University and ...

A mere one in five (22%) seniors tested as "proficient" in math, and just a third (35%) in reading. Seventyfour - stock.adobe.com Here’s one more reason to detest teacher unions and other special ...

Mackenzie, 26, from Melbourne, FL, works “four or five” jobs and side hustles. She considers herself an entrepreneur, but she’s drained her retirement savings and emergency fund — racking up thousands ...

If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...

Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water – a single-serving water bottle – for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI’s ...

New undergraduate curriculum on mathematics is neither up to date with advances in the subject nor does it do justice to the serious mathematics of ancient India The undergraduate curriculum of Indian ...

The future of math education will begin with the divorce of a very long-term marriage between math learning and grade-level instruction. “The Future of Math,” my chapter in School Rethink 2.0, ...

Common arithmetic says that 2 plus 3 equals 5. If Trump wants the answer to be 7, he will declare the answer of 5 to be crazy, manipulated for political reasons, and fire the mathematician who says ...