Harvard mathematics professor Lauren K. Williams just won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant." She's still focused on ...

Children’s math negativity adversely impacts their dedication and successful learning. Here, we’ll suggest interventions to promote children’s positive attitudes about math.

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

When counting squares in a grid, don’t stop at the smallest boxes; the bigger ones are hiding too. The rule is simple: In an n × n grid—where n is the number of squares both horizontally and ...

Instead of memorization and lectures in classrooms, SESP Prof. Jen Munson, who studies learning science, envisions a ...

Believe it or not, highway numbers actually make sense. Here's the logic behind odd and even routes, and why the system isn't ...

When you see a good move, look again to see if there's a better move. This is actually a mate in two. Senate Democrats block government funding bill for 13th time Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in ...

In part 2, we discuss how in a business with thin margins and endless competition, the winners aren’t louder — they’re ...

In a typical Grade 7 Indian classroom, while one student struggles with basic division, another might be practising fractions ...

NBC’s Kristen Welker pointed out in an interview Wednesday night that Trump has repeatedly mentioned cutting drug prices by ...

Whether you are running or spectating the TCS New York City Marathon this Sunday, it will move you. And so will watching the ...

Following our hands-on impression of People of Note — the upcoming turn-based musical RPG from Iridium Studios — we had the ...