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October 2024
Why 2024 Abel Prize Winner Michel Talagrand Became A Mathematician
September 2024
Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
August 2024
The Fascinating World of Sudoku: A Beginner’s Guide with Examples Mathematicians prove PĆ³lya’s conjecture for the eigenvalues of a disk, a 70-year-old math problem Historical Influences of Mathematics (Part 3/3)
July 2024
Historical Influences of Mathematics (Part 2 Of 3) Historical Influences of Mathematics (Part 1/3) Data scientists aim to improve humanitarian support for displaced populations
June 2024
Maths degrees are becoming less accessible ā€“ and this is a problem for business, government and innovation
May 2024
Enhancing Mathematics Education Through Effective Feedback Why Expanding Access to Algebra is a Matter of Civil Rights Evolutionary algorithms
April 2024
Can science explain why couples break up? The mathematical anatomy of a fall
March 2024
Real Equity in Math Education is About More Than Good Grades and Test Scores A manifold fitting approach for high-dimensional data reduction beyond Euclidean space
February 2024
Mathematicians debunk GPS assumptions to offer improvements Itā€™s common to ā€˜streamā€™ maths classes. But grouping students by ability can lead to ā€˜massive disadvantageā€™
January 2024
Mathematicians Found a Guaranteed Way to Win The Lottery
December 2023
Mathematician Wins Turing Award For Harnessing Randomness
November 2023
Climate tipping points easier to judge with math breakthrough
October 2023
Ice-ray patterns: A rediscovery of past design for the future
September 2023
Why putting off college math can be a good idea Homeschooled kids face unique college challenges āˆ’ here are 3 ways they can be overcome
August 2023
Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD Mathematician Wins Abel Prize For Solving Equations With Geometry
July 2023
What toilet paper and game shows can teach us about the spread of epidemics
June 2023
Implications of no-free-lunch theorems Maths makes finding bat roosts much easier, our research shows
May 2023
Stress Testing Pension Fundsā€”Researchers Present Technique Based on Hidden Markov Regime Switching Model
April 2023
Venn: The man behind the famous diagrams, and why his work still matters today
March 2023
Essential Tips to Prepare for International Maths Olympiad (IMO) Importance of Maths Olympiad for Your Childā€™s Future Importance of Maths in Kids Daily Life Losing Count: The Mathematical Magic of Counting Curves
February 2023
Best AI Sites for School Students to Improve their Maths Skills Can Math Help Students Become Better Engineers? How can school students use AI to enhance their mathematics skills? Mastery Learning Vs Performance-Oriented Learning, and Why Should Teachers Care? Calling Maths Teachers: Here are Tips to Flip Your Classroom Case Study: How a maths teacher makes his subject interesting Preparation Tips for International Mathematics Olympiad Scientists use new method to calculate the annual probability of a mass shooting Study: German youth show weaker performance in math, reading and science compared to 2018
January 2023
How Teachers Can Help Students Defeat Their Fear of Maths? How Can You Motivate Students in Mathematics Effective Ways to Enhance Your Kids Math Skills at Home Five Ways to Reduce Math Anxiety in Kids: What Parents Can Do Mathematical Method For Spectral Density Estimation Set To Unlock Ocean Mysteries
December 2022
Tips to Improve Your Child’s Learning Skills Delivering specific and actionable feedback in mathematics education Amazing Facts of Maths Every Student Should Know
November 2022
AI Is Helping Mathematicians Build A Periodic Table Of Shapes
October 2022
How Tough Is The International Maths Olympiad? Deepmind AI Finds New Way To Multiply Numbers And Speed Up Computers
September 2022
All You Need To Know About International Maths Olympiad Challenge Sports deflation: Study shows NBA 3-point shot has lost its value
August 2022
Fields Medal 2022: Work On Prime Numbers And Spheres Wins Maths Prize
July 2022
Many Wordle users cheat to win, says mathematics expert
June 2022
New study is first to use statistical physics to corroborate 1940s social balance theory
May 2022
A mathematical bridge between the huge and the tiny
April 2022
Importance of the International Maths Challenge Should All Mathematical Proofs Be Checked By A Computer? How do we solve the maths teacher shortage? We can start by training more existing teachers to teach maths How To Prepare For International Maths Olympiad? Team develops a solution for temporal asymmetry
March 2022
Study breaks down science of sports betting New Mathematical Proof Helps to Solve Equations with Random Components
February 2022
Explicit modelling of reasoning and processes behind actions
January 2022
Metaphors and Mathematics 4
December 2021
Metaphors and Mathematics 3
November 2021
Metaphors and Mathematics 2
October 2021
Metaphors and Mathematics 1
September 2021
How science, math, and tech can propel swimmers to new heights
August 2021
3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and physics
July 2021
Deepmind Created a Maths AI That Can Add Up To 6 But Gets 7 Wrong
June 2021
Decade-Long Struggle Over Maths Proof Could Be Decided By $1m Prize
May 2021
Studies recommend increased research into achievement, engagement to raise student math scores
April 2021
Merging AI and Human Efforts to Tackle Complex Mathematical Problems
March 2021
‘I had such fun!’, says winner of top math prize
February 2021
Researchers develop online hate speech ‘shockwave’ formula
January 2021
Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness
December 2020
Mathematicians discover how to stop sloshing using porous baffles
November 2020
Math degrees are becoming less accessibleā€”and this is a problem for business, government and innovation
October 2020
New theory links topology and finance We Could Solve The Biggest Problem in Maths in The Next Decade
September 2020
Those with the biggest biases choose first, according to new math study
August 2020
From whiteboard work to random groups, these simple fixes could get students thinking more in maths lessons
July 2020
Scientists develop method to predict the spread of armed conflicts
June 2020
The math problem that took nearly a century to solve
May 2020
How master chess players choose their opening gambits
April 2020
What’s Pi Day all about? Math, science, pies and more
March 2020
What does a physicist see when looking at the NFT market?
February 2020
On Constructing Functions, Part 5 What math tells us about social dilemmas
January 2020
On Constructing Functions, Part 4
December 2019
On Constructing Functions, Part 3
November 2019
On Constructing Functions, Part 2
October 2019
On Constructing Functions, Part 1
September 2019
Make mine a double: Mooreā€™s Law and the future of mathematics
August 2019
Mathematical models may help shed light on body clock disruptions
July 2019
Math teachers hold a bias against girls when the teachers think gender equality has been achieved, says study
June 2019
Generating Random Walks in Mathematics
May 2019
New Research Disproves a Long-Held ‘Cognitive Illusion’ That Hockey Goaltenders Improve Under Pressure
April 2019
Farey definition, property, and algorithm
March 2019
What game theory can teach us about standing up to bullies New research analyses ‘Finnegans Wake’ for novel spacing between punctuation marks
February 2019
Improved information and communication technology infrastructure leads to better math skills, research suggests
January 2019
Window Patterns
December 2018
Researchers find best routes to self-assembling 3-D shapes
November 2018
How the 18th-century ā€˜probability revolutionā€™ fueled the casino gambling craze
October 2018
Triangular Numbers and Eulerā€™s Number Triangle
September 2018
The Sequence of Primes
August 2018
The Integral Domain Hierarchy, Part 2
July 2018
The Integral Domain Hierarchy, Part 1
May 2018
Study uses topological data analysis to identify voting deserts Ninth Dedekind number discovered: Scientists solve long-known problem in mathematics
April 2018
AI can teach math teachers how to improve student skills
March 2018
Pi Day: How To Calculate Pi Using A Cardboard Tube And A Load Of Balls
February 2018
Air pollution found to impair performance in matriculation exams in mathematical subjects
January 2018
Millennium Prize: The PoincarƩ Conjecture
December 2017
Octonions: The Strange Maths That Could Unite The Laws Of Nature How linguists are unlocking the meanings of Shakespeare’s words using numbers
November 2017
Crowds Beat Computers in Answer to Wikipedia-Sized Maths Problem
October 2017
A mathematical understanding of project schedules
September 2017
UK hobbyist stuns math world with ‘amazing’ new shapes
August 2017
The Mathematically Perfect Table Size For Solving Any Jigsaw Puzzle
July 2017
Digit Patterns in Square Numbers
June 2017
Ways to Show a Group is Abelian
May 2017
Study Shows the Power of Social Connections to Predict Hit Songs
April 2017
Mathematician Cracks Centuries-Old Problem About The Number 33
March 2017
Facebook’s AI Mathematician Can Solve University Calculus Problems
February 2017
New game theory model describes how people make decisions in changing environments
January 2017
Magic Numbers: The Beauty Of Decimal Notation
December 2016
If I Had a Blank Cheque Iā€™d ā€¦ Turn IBMā€™s Watson Into a Maths Genius
October 2016
Math algorithm tracks crime, rumours, epidemics to source
September 2016
Students’ Awareness of Their Cognitive Processes Facilitates The Learning of Math, Finds Study
August 2016
How To Perfectly Wrap Gifts Of All Shapes And Sizes Using Maths
July 2016
Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath youā€™ve likely never heard of
June 2016
Millennium Prize: the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture
May 2016
Maths tells when to be more alert on the roads
April 2016
Technique could efficiently solve partial differential equations for numerous applications Global symmetry found to be not completely necessary for the protection of topological boundary states
March 2016
Super Models ā€“ Using Maths to Mitigate Natural Disasters Rubik’s Cube Solution Unlocked By Memorising 3915 Final Move Sequences
February 2016
Mathematicians model a puzzling breakdown in cooperative behaviour
January 2016
How Many Knots Exist? A New Computing Trick Is Untangling The Answer
December 2015
Pascal’s Triangle and Polygonal opsgfā€™s
November 2015
Study Finds Cooperation Can Still Evolve Even With Limited Payoff Memory
October 2015
How Spiral Search Patterns And Lateral Thinking Cracked Our Puzzle Here’s why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data
August 2015
Cutting cake (and eating it too) ā€“ the sticky maths of fair division Higher Polygonal Numbers and Pascal’s Triangle
July 2015
Algebraic Elements Are Like Limit Points!
June 2015
Wire-Cut Forensic Examinations Currently Too Unreliable For Court, New Study Says Students understand calculus better when the lessons are active
May 2015
Study describes evolution of double-sided social norms for cooperative interactions Mathematicians Are Bitterly Divided Over A Controversial Proof
April 2015
Getting Projections Right: Predicting Future Climate
March 2015
Malawi’s school kids are using tablets to improve their reading and math skills
February 2015
Hermit ‘scribblings’ of eccentric French math genius unveiled
January 2015
Revamped calculus course improves learning, study finds
December 2014
Quasi-regular Rhombic Tiling and Polyhedron
November 2014
Children’s positive attitude toward mathematics fades during the early school years, finds study
October 2014
Smart learning software helps students study math during lockdowns and beyond
September 2014
‘Models of everything’ created to improve accuracy of long-term weather forecasting Theorem of Everything: The Secret That Links Numbers and Shapes
August 2014
Infinity War: The Ongoing Battle Over The World’s Hardest Maths Proof
July 2014
Theoretical study offers proof that one parallel world cannot be extremely different from the other Math professor’s side mirror that eliminates ‘blind spot’ receives US patent
June 2014
Mathematicians use network theory to model champion Spanish soccer team’s style
May 2014
Making sports statistics more scientific
April 2014
Is there a typical rate of cultural evolution? Factor Lattices
March 2014
The case for ‘math-ish’ thinking
February 2014
Researchers use simulations to tackle finite sphere-packing problem and ‘sausage catastrophe’
January 2014
Coin tosses are not 50/50: Researchers find a slight bias
December 2013
How far away is everybody? Climbing the cosmic distance ladder
November 2013
Hot And Bothered: The Uncertain Mathematics Of Global Warming
October 2013
Pi Color Map Good at Sudoku? Hereā€™s Some Youā€™ll Never Complete
September 2013
Wrappers delight: The Easter egg equation you never knew you needed Math anxiety’ causes students to disengage, says study
August 2013
Counting by tens shows a sophistication of young children’s understanding of number concepts, study finds Viewingā€ˆMatrices & Probabilityā€ˆasā€ˆGraphs
July 2013
Time to abandon null hypothesis significance testing? Moving beyond the default approach
June 2013
Punctuation in literature of major languages is intriguingly mathematical Theoretical biologists test two modes of social reasoning and find surprising truths in simplicity
May 2013
Mathematicians Have Found a New Way to Multiply Two Numbers Together
April 2013
Butterfly chaos effect’ discovered in swarms and herds of animals Calls For a Posthumous Pardon ā€¦ But Who was Alan Turing?
March 2013
Millennium Prize: the Riemann Hypothesis
February 2013
A surprising result for a group’s optimal path to cooperation
January 2013
Putting the magic into maths
December 2012
Mathematical proof reveals new insights into typhoon dynamics How Far Away is Everybody? Climbing The Cosmic Distance Ladder Extended Multiplication Tables
November 2012
Mathematicians Discover Impossible Problem In Super Mario Games
October 2012
Flight of the bumblebee decoded by mathematicians
September 2012
The Stunningly Simple Rule That Will Always Get You Out of a Maze
August 2012
The numbers game
July 2012
On the hunt for mathematical beauty
June 2012
Cambridge University puts Newton’s papers online
May 2012
Mathematical methods help predict movement of oil and ash following environmental disasters Bridging traditional economics and econophysics
April 2012
Time for a change. Scholars say the calendar needs a serious overhaul!
March 2012
Are Piā€™s Days Numbered?
February 2012
Hot and bothered: the uncertain mathematics of global warming
January 2012
Applying math to design new materials and processes for drug manufacturing
December 2011
Driving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term strategy, according to game theory
November 2011
A revolution in knot theory
October 2011
Calls for a posthumous pardon ā€¦ but who was Alan Turing?
September 2011
The Monty Hall Problem Shows How Tricky Judging The Odds Can Be
August 2011
Why Maths, Our Best Tool To Describe The Universe, May Be Fallible Monty Hall and the Three Prisoners
July 2011
Super models ā€“ using maths to mitigate natural disasters
June 2011
Sonobe cut-out-module
May 2011
Team discovers thousands of new transformable knots
April 2011
The ‘science of reading’ swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. What about math?
March 2011
A-levels not equipping students with appropriate mathematical skills
February 2011
Healing with math
January 2011
Mathematics formula K-theory used to advance understanding of topological materials Has a mathematician solved the ‘invariant subspace problem’? And what does that even mean?
December 2010
Exploring ‘compellingness’ in mechanism design
November 2010
Random processes shape science and math: Researchers propose a unified, probabilistic framework Mathematical bedtime stories may build better mathematical memory
October 2010
NASA Pi Day challenge serves up a mathematical marvel
September 2010
People Underestimate The Probability of Including at Least One Minority Member in a Group, Research Suggests
August 2010
Use of decimal point is 1.5 centuries older than historians thought
July 2010
The Humble Multiplication Table, 1
June 2010
Study debunks myths about gender and math performance How many lottery tickets do you need to buy to guarantee a win? Mathematicians find the answer Explainer: Evolutionary Algorithms
May 2010
Mathematicians Discover ‘Soft Cell’ Shapes Behind The Natural World
April 2010
The Easy Trick to Evenly Cut a Pizza Into 5, 7 or Any Number of Slices
March 2010
How Maths Reveals The Best Time to Add Milk For Hotter Tea
February 2010
Yes, thereā€™s a numeracy crisis ā€“ so whatā€™s the solution?
January 2010
Heads up Kobe Bryant! Research shows that trying for another 3-pointer is a mistake
December 2009
Researchers discover a single shape that tiles the plane a periodically without reflection
November 2009
Are US teenagers more likely than others to exaggerate their math abilities? Study says yes
October 2009
Millennium Prize: The Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap problem Another Triangular Number Formula
September 2009
Mathematical modelling explores the statistical mysteries of successfully scheduling a meeting
August 2009
Statistics can help us figure out how historic battles could have turned out differently, say experts Science, Maths and The Future of Australia
July 2009
Maximal ā‰  Maximum!
June 2009
Mathematics: Mapping a fixed point
May 2009
A Family of Sequences and Number Triangles
April 2009
Digital Alchemy: Sir Isaac Newtonā€™s Papers Now Online
March 2009
Star Polygons
February 2009
Board games boost math ability in young children, study finds Millennium Prize: P vs NP
January 2009
Millennium Prize: The Navierā€“Stokes Existence And Uniqueness Problem Mathematicians can conjure matter waves inside an invisible hat
December 2008
Cut-and-Glue Polyhedral Models
November 2008
Making sense of life’s random rhythms: Team suggests universal framework for understanding ‘oscillations’
October 2008
Phyllotaxis Spirals Are Pigeons as Smart as Primates? You can Count on It
September 2008
Generalized splitting-ring number theoretic transform Psychological study suggests arithmetic is biologically-based and a natural consequence of our perception
August 2008
Mathematical model based on psychology predicts who will buy trendy products
July 2008
Decision-Making Analysis for a New Variant of the Classical Secretary Problem
June 2008
Real equity in math education is about more than good grades and test scores Google Has Created a Maths AI That Has Already Proved 1200 Theorems
May 2008
New math approach provides insight into memory formation
April 2008
Different mathematical solving methods can affect how information is memorized
March 2008
Freezing liquids helps to predict the properties of prime numbers Where is everybody? Doing the maths on extraterrestrial life
February 2008
How to make better decisionsā€”using scoring systems
January 2008
Incredible Maths Proof Is So Complex That Almost No One Can Explain It
December 2007
What are ā€˜multiplication factsā€™? Why are they essential to your childā€™s success in maths?
November 2007
Farey, Ford, & Fathom
October 2007
Explainer: the point of pure mathematics
September 2007
Everything you need to know about statistics (but were afraid to ask)
August 2007
Too many vehicles, slow reactions and reckless merging: New math model explains how traffic and bacteria move The Surprising Connections Between Maths And Poetry
July 2007
Exploring how community-based social norms evolve
June 2007
Protecting confidential data with math
May 2007
Machine learning model analyses why couples break up Digit Patterns in Power Sequences
April 2007
Real Talk: Math is Hard, Not Impossible
March 2007
How can we make good decisions by observing others? A videogame and computational model have the answer
February 2007
Good at Sudoku? Hereā€™s some youā€™ll never complete
January 2007
Mathematics: Why we need more qualified teachers
December 2006
Mathematician creates mass extinction model regarding climate change and adaptation
November 2006
Why expanding access to algebra is a matter of civil rights
October 2006
Particles Move In Beautiful Patterns When They Have ā€˜Spatial Memoryā€™ Human crowds are best modelled by a ‘visual neighbourhood’
September 2006
Fireflies, brain cells, dancers: Synchronization research shows nature’s perfect timing is all about connections Mathematics: Why We Need More Qualified Teachers
August 2006
The first validation of the Lillo Mike Farmer Model on a large financial market dataset A Rethink Of Cause And Effect Could Help When Things Get Complicated
July 2006
Superman Returns ā€“ But Whoā€™s Looking After His Water?
June 2006
‘Touch’ TV series uses numbers to connect people
May 2006
Expert reveals the fascinating link between math and card shuffling
April 2006
Spherical Tetrahedron
March 2006
Millennium Prize: The Hodge Conjecture
February 2006
Want To Win at Gambling? Use Your Head
January 2006
Researchers: Forensic science method for firearm identification is flawed Physicists are Turning to Lewis Carroll For Help With Their Maths
December 2005
Mathematicians Find 12,000 Solutions For Fiendish Three-Body Problem
November 2005
Is the Universe a Game?
October 2005
Quadratic Number Spirals and Polygonal Numbers
September 2005
Dialogic Teaching
August 2005
Mathematicians unlock the secrets of ouzo’s cloudy transformation Digital alchemy: Sir Isaac Newtonā€™s papers now online Combining math with music leads to higher test scores, according to review of 50 years of research
July 2005
Graduate School: Where Grades Don’t Matter
June 2005
Sharpening Occam’s Razor: A new perspective on structure and complexity
May 2005
Math unlocks molecular interactions that open window to how life evolved
April 2005
500-Year-Old Maths Problem Turns Out To Apply To Coffee And Clocks
March 2005
Paddlefish sensors tuned to detect signals from zooplankton prey X marks the unknown in algebra, but X’s origins are a math mystery
February 2005
Science, maths and the future of Australia
January 2005
Mathematicians Can’t Agree What ‘Equals’ Means, And That’s A Problem
December 2004
Physicists Figured Out The Ideal Container Size For Pistachio Shells
November 2004
Magic numbers: the beauty of decimal notation How do neural networks learn? A mathematical formula explains how they detect relevant patterns
October 2004
Sonobe Phizz Duality
September 2004
A Math SaiBlog? Say What?
August 2004
Mathematician proves that Mƶbius band must have an aspect ratio greater than āˆš3 Mathematicians Find a Completely New Way to Write The Number 3 This Turing Machine Should Run Forever Unless Maths is Wrong
July 2004
Scientists uncover a surprising connection between number theory and evolutionary genetics The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
June 2004
Student learning needs
May 2004
The Million-Dollar Puzzle That Could Change The World
April 2004
AI is Helping Tackle One of The Biggest Unsolved Problems In Maths
March 2004
Cutting Cake (And Eating it Too) ā€“ The Sticky Maths of Fair Division
February 2004
The mathematics of jury size: Statistical model shows several interesting properties of US jury configurations
January 2004
If I had a blank cheque, Iā€™d ā€¦ turn IBMā€™s Watson into a maths genius Drawing Polygonal Numbers
December 2003
Game Theory Shows We Can Never Learn Perfectly From Our Mistakes
November 2003
Mathematical model reveals commonality within the diversity of leaf decay
October 2003
Exciting the brain could be key to boosting math learning, says new study Strategic player challenges tip matches
September 2003
The seven essential components of explicit teaching
August 2003
Some Notes on Taking Notes
July 2003
Decimals to Fractions How The Maths Behind Honeycombs Can Help You Work A Jigsaw Puzzle
June 2003
Mechanistic model shows how much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation Statistically significant
May 2003
False Positives in Probability Danger of Death: Are We Programmed to Miscalculate Risk?
April 2003
Why prices are so highā€”8 ways retail pricing algorithms gouge consumers
March 2003
Purposeful Planning
February 2003
Two mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped prove Fermat’s last theorem
January 2003
Leading education publisher uses SpaceMath@NASA to help students master mathematics Paper offers a mathematical approach to modeling a random walker moving across a random landscape
December 2002
Are pigeons as smart as primates? You can count on it
November 2002
Tiny Balls Fit Best Inside A Sausage, Physicists Confirm Developing task design principles to foster students’ recognition of relativity of truth in math education
October 2002
What The Mathematics of Knots Reveals About The Shape of The Universe
September 2002
How Mathematics Can Help You Divide Anything Up Fairly
August 2002
Mathematicians Find 27 Tickets That Guarantee UK National Lottery Win Knot tiles
July 2002
Make Mine a Double: Mooreā€™s Law And The Future of Mathematics Commutative Diagrams Explained
June 2002
From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?
May 2002
Mathematics confirm the chaos of the Spanish labor market
April 2002
Pythagoras was wrong: There are no universal musical harmonies, study finds
March 2002
Contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals Mathematical model connects innovation and obsolescence to unify insights across diverse fields
February 2002
An algorithm that shapes objects to cause them to roll down ramps following a desired path
January 2002
Explicit teaching in mathematics: Effective assessment Cold math, hot topic: Applied theory offers new insights into sea ice thermal conductivity
December 2001
Swarming cicadas, stock traders, and the wisdom of the crowd
November 2001
A periodic table of primes: Research team claims that prime numbers can be predicted
October 2001
Labourā€™s plan to focus on early maths is solid ā€“ gaps in achievement start even before primary school
September 2001
Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies Phyllotaxis Spirals 2
August 2001
Everything You Need To Know About Statistics (But Were Afraid To Ask)
July 2001
The Easy Tricks That Can Maximise Your Lottery Winnings
June 2001
Secant and Tangent
May 2001
Mathematicians Have Finally Proved That Bach was a Great Composer
April 2001
Peer Review: The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning To Make Maths Classes Sizzle, Inject Some Politics And Social Justice What are ‘multiplication facts’? Why are they essential to your child’s success in math?
March 2001
Mathematicians Find Odd Shapes That Roll Like A Wheel In Any Dimension
February 2001
Understanding how the brain works can transform how school students learn maths
January 2001
Millennium Prize: the Navierā€“Stokes existence and uniqueness problem
December 2000
How counting by 10 helps children learn about the meaning of numbers
November 2000
Researchers investigate the veracity of ‘six degrees of separation’ New statistical tool to distinguish shared and unique features in data from different sources
October 2000
Vindication For Maths Teachers: Pythagoras’s Theorem Seen in the Wild Introducing GOBI: A breakthrough computational package for inferring causal interactions in complex systems
September 2000
Framework for solving parabolic partial differential equations could guide computer graphics and geometry processing
August 2000
Pythagoras Was Wrong About The Maths Behind Pleasant Music
July 2000
Mathematicians Make Even Better Never-Repeating Tile Discovery
June 2000
Try These Mathematical Magic Tricks That Are Guaranteed To Work
May 2000
Where is Everybody? Doing the Maths on Extraterrestrial Life
April 2000
New methods to improve the accuracy of cross-national surveys Arithmetic has a biological origin: It’s an expression in symbols of the ‘deep structure’ of our perception Mathematicians Discovered The Ultimate Bathroom Tile In 2023
March 2000
Are We All Related To Henry VIII’s Master Of The Mint? AI Translates Maths Problems Into Code To Make Them Easier To Solve
February 2000
Decades-Old Mathematical Mystery About The Game Of Life Finally Solved
January 2000
Dividing Polynomials – The Grid Method
December 1999
Study of new method used to preserve privacy with US census data suggests accuracy has suffered
November 1999
Economists propose algorithm for flexible management of innovative enterprise for sustainable development These 7 Mathematical Facts Will Blow Your Mind
October 1999
Mathematicians Invent New Way to Slice Pizza into Exotic Shapes New research demonstrates more effective method for measuring impact of scientific publications
September 1999
Polygonal Number Formulas
August 1999
How The History of Maths is Much More Diverse Than You Think
July 1999
Coping with uncertainty in customer demand: How mathematics can improve logistics processes Why Science Relies Too Much On Mathematics Mathematicians Shocked to Find Pattern in ‘Random’ Prime Numbers
May 1999
The Mathematician Who Worked Out How To Time Travel
April 1999
Win $12k By Rediscovering The Secret Phrases That Secure The Internet
March 1999
Mathematicians Calculate 42-Digit Number After Decades Of Trying Shedding light on complex mathematical group theories Researchers find classical musical compositions adhere to power law
February 1999
Mathematicians Plan Computer Proof Of Fermat’s Last Theorem
January 1999
Necessary vs. Sufficient?
December 1998
The Number That Is Too Big For The Universe
November 1998
Humans Beat Deepmind Ai In Creating Algorithm To Multiply Numbers How Maths Can Help You Pack Your Shopping More Efficiently
October 1998
Timetables ā€“ Hard to Read, Even Harder to Build
September 1998
Mathematicians Crack Elusive Puzzle Involving The Number 42
August 1998
Explainer: The Point of Pure Mathematics
July 1998
Breakthrough In Fiendishly Hard Puzzle Has Mathematicians Partying
June 1998
Quantum Computers Proved To Have ā€˜Quantum Advantageā€™ On Some Tasks
May 1998
Oceanic waves represent fundamental challenges in nonlinear science, say mathematicians From English to Math
April 1998
Pi’s first six in a row
March 1998
Drawings of mathematical problems predict their resolution
February 1998
Researchers create first large-scale model of human mobility that incorporates human nature
January 1998
Flipped coins found not to be as fair as thought

Some Notes on Taking Notes

Published on: August 7, 2003

I am often asked the question, “How do you do it?!”Ā Now while I don’t think my not ...
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Decimals to Fractions

Published on: July 7, 2003

Some students get their first look at manipulating equations when they learn how to convert a repeat ...
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How The Maths Behind Honeycombs Can Help You Work A ...

Published on: July 6, 2003

Maths tells us the best way to cover a surface with copies of a shape ā€“ even when it comes to jigsaw ...
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Mechanistic model shows how much gossip is needed to foster ...

Published on: June 8, 2003

Gossip often has a negative connotation, but imagine you are part of a group deciding on a job candi ...
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Statistically significant

Published on: June 3, 2003

When the statistician for UC Irvineā€™s innovative Down syndrome program retired last year, its resear ...
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False Positives in Probability

Published on: May 15, 2003

There are plenty of probability problems that have counter-intuitive solutions. Problems like these, ...
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Danger of Death: Are We Programmed to Miscalculate Risk?

Published on: May 7, 2003

Our best efforts to gauge threats may be counter-productive. Assessing risk is something everyone mu ...
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Why prices are so highā€”8 ways retail pricing algorithms gouge ...

Published on: April 13, 2003

The just-released report of the inquiry intoĀ price gouging and unfair pricingĀ conducted by Allan Fel ...
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Purposeful Planning

Published on: March 6, 2003

Planning is a key ingredient for effective teaching. But why is it so important? What is ā€˜goodā€™ plan ...
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Two mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped ...

Published on: February 18, 2003

On June 23, 1993, the mathematicianĀ Andrew WilesĀ gave the last of three lectures detailingĀ his solut ...
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Leading education publisher uses SpaceMath@NASA to help students master mathematics

Published on: January 14, 2003

This is a sample from a Spacemath@NASA problem. This diagram shows disks representing the planets di ...
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Paper offers a mathematical approach to modeling a random walker ...

Published on: January 7, 2003

Tiny particles like pollen grains move constantly, pushed and pulled by environmental forces. To stu ...
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Are pigeons as smart as primates? You can count on ...

Published on: December 9, 2002

We humans have long been interested in defining the abilities that set us apart from other species. ...
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Tiny Balls Fit Best Inside A Sausage, Physicists Confirm

Published on: November 8, 2002

Mathematicians have long been fascinated by the most efficient way of packing spheres in a space, an ...
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Developing task design principles to foster students’ recognition of relativity ...

Published on: November 6, 2002

Although a typical mathematical task has a single correct answer, in some cases, the assumptions of ...
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What The Mathematics of Knots Reveals About The Shape of ...

Published on: October 3, 2002

Knot theory is linked to many other branches of science, including those that tell us about the cosm ...
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