BENGALURU: At a time when there is a shortage of over 50,000 teachers in government schools and children lacking basic ...

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 ...

An apparently easy-looking math problem has left internet users scratching their heads. Give it a try to see if you can ...

Jose Medrano and Rebeca Zapata shuddered at what their daughter, Miranda Zapata, brought home one recent day: fifth grade math homework. “Since it’s something I haven’t practiced recently, I feel like ...

We've been studying them for millennia, so how far have we come?

The problem with the “basic math” behind delaying Social Security is that it often overlooks longevity risk. While it’s true that waiting longer increases your benefit, your total lifetime payout ...

It took a series of aviation disasters for safety experts to realize the critical role of working memory when pilots and technicians juggle competing tasks. In some cases, technicians made apparently ...

ducation in Pakistan faces a crossroads, especially in the Punjab, where policies increasingly favour privatisation rather than direct investment in public schools. In the recent decade, many schools ...

Simple math equations grow harder when we're out of practice. As time goes on we forget the elementary rules of math and compound problems become more and more challenging. That's why a simple math ...