One thing I have always been good at is doing math in my head. I often make up examples as I go when I teach classes. I have made mistakes. But when you do 100 examples in your head and get it right, ...

Baez called for the development of new mathematics — he called it “green” math — to better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate. For his part, he sought to apply category theory, a ...

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Fox’s lecture, and the accompanying colloquium he’ll present on March 11, are part of his three-day appearance as the William and Marjorie Blackwell Scholar-in-Residence program. The program is named ...

Ed tech provider Renaissance has launched Renaissance Intelligence, a platform that brings together assessment, instruction, practice, and curriculum alignment in what the company calls the industry's ...

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More than 60,000 years ago, early humans in southern Africa were carving patterns onto ostrich eggshells—and new research shows these designs were far more sophisticated than previously believed. A ...

More than a half century later, the decision not only has a trail of mathematics accomplishments, but also recently led the Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics to win the 2026 ...

For years, mathematical content on the web has been made accessible through MathML. In contrast, math in PDF files was typically reduced to unstructured alternative text—insufficient for braille math ...

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Math vocabulary alone isn’t a silver bullet—but research shows it’s linked to stronger academic achievement when paired with expert teaching practices.

The San Francisco Unified School District is investigating a math teacher at Lowell High School amid questions about his ...