Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

For many students, mathematics feels less like a subject and more like a verdict, you’re either “good at it” or you’re not. There’s no escape from maths in school, and for some, every class brings a ...

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Get ready for a math problem that will blow your mind as the solution unfolds step by step. This video challenges intuition, reveals clever insights, and showcases the beauty of mathematical reasoning ...

Discover how to tackle a surprising math problem from start to finish with a clear, logical approach that makes even tricky questions feel manageable. This guide walks you through understanding the ...

Rachel Hayes brings some of her belongings inside her apartment at Milejo Village in San Ysidro on June 20, 2023. The apartment building is a 65-unit supportive housing community by Jamboree Housing ...

One Polk Central Elementary student summed up Polk County Schools’ first math festival with a revelation: they didn’t know math could be fun. The math festival, held November 25 at Polk Central ...

LAS CRUCES — Less than halfway into the fiscal year, the city of Las Cruces has put the brakes on spending, with City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau admitting that the city’s general fund balance had been ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...