Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

The most recent TIMSS assessment underscores the seriousness of our problem. Canadian Grade 4 students performed below both U.S. students and the international median at nearly every math benchmark ...

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

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

Brain teasers are fun little puzzles that make you think in different ways. They might look simple at first, but they often have a twist that surprises you. Solving them gives your brain a good ...

A teacher at an elite high school in San Francisco has been placed on indefinite leave after allegations of sexist and ...

President Donald Trump, in a brief phone call with POLITICO, cast himself as the savior for a United Nations in danger of financial collapse, touting his ability to get members to pay unpaid dues. But ...

Apple has acquired Q.ai in a deal estimated around $2 billion. Though there’s still a lot we don’t know, some of the details surrounding Q.ai’s work have me very excited for the future of Apple’s AI ...

A San Francisco math teacher was placed on indefinite leave Monday after being accused of using sexist and “fat-shaming” questions ...