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Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

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 ...

As a result, local school boards have adopted a mishmash of policies, with nearly all hiring third-party vendors to conduct the checks with varying rigor and results, according to a WRAL News review ...

A privately funded nonprofit is running TV and radio ads for Gov. Dan McKee's "Math Matters" campaign. The ads feature various professionals explaining the importance of math in their jobs but do not ...

Brick, N.J.: The fundamental reason President Trump insisted upon officially naming Antifa a domestic terrorist organization is to squelch a letter like this one. Like so many other of his words and ...