JHU mathematician Emily Riehl explains how a surprising amount of math goes into determining who ends up in the U.S. House of ...
We all know the scene: the pencil pauses, the brow furrows, and a deep sigh escapes. Watching a student wrestle with a challenging math problem feels, to any caring adult, like an emergency. Our ...
California is considering a new bill to change how math is taught in schools. Senate Bill 1067 would require screening for basic math skills in kindergartners, first-, and second-graders. The goal ...
It’s the perfect encapsulation of the Stanford inside Stanford. The class is called “How to Rule the World.” This essay was ...
Mexico has moved to ease tensions over how private electricity generators will be able to do business in the country ahead of key North American trade talks next month. The new rules governing power ...
A 150-year-old rule in geometry has been proven wrong. Mathematicians found two different doughnut-shaped surfaces that look identical when measured locally but are actually different overall. For ...
SAN ANTONIO - In game 81 of the season, Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama still found a way to surprise the assembled press. He scored 40 points in just 26 minutes, the aesthetics of which were even ...
I remember watching my 3-year-old niece, Avi, try to organize her toy cars. She wasn't counting them yet, but she would say, “This one goes near the red one,” and “I want more cars here!” At the time, ...
It began, as so many things do for me these days, on Letterboxd. As great as the movie-logging social platform is for discovering films, it’s even better for being nosy. What is this person watching?