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The ‘science of reading’ swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. What ...

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming ...
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Mathematicians Find 12,000 Solutions For Fiendish Three-Body Problem

Until recently, working out how three objects can stably orbit each other was nearly impossible, but ...
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Fireflies, brain cells, dancers: Synchronization research shows nature’s perfect timing ...

Getting in sync can be exhilarating when you’re dancing in rhythm with other people or clappin ...
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Team discovers thousands of new transformable knots

Knots are used in all sorts of ways, every day. They ensure safety both indoors and for outdoor acti ...
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Exciting the brain could be key to boosting math learning, ...

Exciting a brain region using electrical noise stimulation can help improve mathematical learning in ...
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Statistics can help us figure out how historic battles could ...

Statistical methods can evaluate whether pivotal military events, like the Battle of Jutland, Americ ...
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Revamped calculus course improves learning, study finds

Calculus is the study of change. Calculus teaching methods, however, have changed little in recent d ...
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How The History of Maths is Much More Diverse Than ...

There is more to where maths came from than the ancient Greeks. From calculus to the theorem we cred ...
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Scientists use new method to calculate the annual probability of ...

With mass shootings happening randomly every year in the United States, it may seem that there is no ...
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Mathematical models may help shed light on body clock disruptions

Researchers are using mathematical models to better understand the effects of disruptions like dayli ...
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3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and ...

Graphic novels can help make math and physics more accessible for students, parents or teachers in t ...
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The Easy Tricks That Can Maximise Your Lottery Winnings

From avoiding the number seven to picking numbers over 31, mathematician Peter Rowlett has a few psy ...
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Making sense of life’s random rhythms: Team suggests universal framework ...

Life’s random rhythms surround us–from the hypnotic, synchronized blinking of fireflies…to the ...
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Arithmetic has a biological origin: It’s an expression in symbols ...

Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t know why it ...
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An algorithm that shapes objects to cause them to roll ...

A team of physicists and mathematicians at the Institute for Basic Science’s Center for Soft a ...
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Mathematics formula K-theory used to advance understanding of topological materials

Terry Loring, distinguished professor of mathematics and statistics, published and co-authored a new ...
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