According to UN Women research in Moldova, the majority of girls surveyed said they were not interested in physics and electronics at all (81 per cent) or in mathematics, biology/chemistry, or IT (65 ...

This year’s Abel prize, an annual mathematics lifetime-achievement award, bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd Faltings, a ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

For decades now, Counter-Strike players have gotten used to tapping the reload button whenever they have a spare, safe moment. Yesterday evening, though, Valve announced that it had decided this ...

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

When students create a visual resource to scaffold problem-solving, they can approach independent work with more confidence ...

MakkuMath: Women from MakkuMath in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district are setting a new benchmark in self reliance by jointly running a homestay named Apnu Ghar. Located in the Ukhimath block, the ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

The future elementary school teachers that Mark Montgomery works with at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, share a common fear: Most of them are “extremely anxious” about math.

During a unit on slope, José Vilson’s students just weren’t getting it, and their frustration was growing. The former middle school math teacher began brainstorming creative ways to illustrate the ...

You’ve seen the Elkay bottle refill stations. They seem to be everywhere: in schools, offices, gyms, and especially in airports. First rolled out by the Illinois plumbing fixture company Elkay in 2010 ...