Hidden Fibonacci numbers, a new shape and the search for a grand unified theory of mathematics are among our choices for most ...

Weird Math sets out to “reveal the strange connections between math and everyday life.” The book fulfills that laudable goal, in part. At times, teenage math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his tutor, ...

Edward Doolittle's trailblazing work in Indigenous mathematics considers the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual dimensions of the subject. A Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) mathematics associate ...

Archaeologists working in northern Mesopotamia say they have uncovered visual patterns that look a lot like structured ...

Researchers in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) want young children to go cuckoo for mathematics. Postdoctoral researcher Salvador R. Vazquez and ...

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

Parents have gotten the message that reading with their children can help instill lifelong literacy skills. A new study adds to the evidence that parents can be providing the same boost to numeracy ...

athematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers, mathematicians create and explore new worlds. They ...

Mathematics is often about uncovering patterns. For example, certain areas of topology revolve around categorizing knots or geometric shapes, and number theory explores properties such as the ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Every year, Scott Maier, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, asks his students to ...

Nearly twenty years after I graduated high school and my last calculus class, I still get that nightmare where I’m at the exam for a calculus course I somehow forgot to attend, or that I faked my way ...