Ukraine has reshaped the battlefield with cheap, expendable drones. South Korea reads the signals and wants to match the ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that roughly 9 out of 10 borrowers who applied for cosigner release on private ...
Married couples across the country have spent the better part of six months watching a promise take shape, stall, transform, ...
Then it’s kind of a mystery to try to figure out why and how they’re related.” The Riemann hypothesis has proved to be a font ...

America’s Math Crisis

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.
Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...
Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...
With a few instructional shifts, teachers can create classrooms that better encourage confidence and academic growth.
Thanks to some surprising advances, mathematicians are starting to realize that artificial intelligence could radically alter ...
Mathematician Richard Elwes discusses humanity's long-time fascination with ginormous numbers—and what this obsession reveals ...
Many students in elementary grades struggle to grasp the perennially vexing concept of fractions. If those struggles persist into middle school, it can undermine their ability to master more complex ...
Statistical principles show you don’t need a nefarious plot to explain clusters of missing scientists and lab workers ...