NYC schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels told principals on Monday that he plans to double down on former Mayor Eric Adams’ ...

Finding evidence of ancient mathematics isn’t easy outside of written records, but a new study suggests that floral pottery from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia shows evidence of geometry ...

TROY, Ala. (WSFA) - For the first time in more than two decades, Susan Davis started off the school year in a new role. This year, she’s walking through the halls of Troy Elementary as the school’s ...

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When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

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

It might have escaped lay people at the time, but for some observers the ascension of Leo XIV as head of the Catholic Church this year was a reminder that the last time a Pope Leo sat in St. Peter’s ...

Melanie Saward works for the University of Queensland, where the BlackWords database is run. She is an Aboriginal writer, and as such, has connections with many of the authors mentioned in this piece.

Each year, the MacArthur Foundation announces its MacArthur Fellows or “Geniuses,” a class of researchers, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and more who are changing the world through their endless ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

While 630 young math prodigies were sitting in a conference room on Australia’s sunshine coast, readying their pencils for the International Math Olympiad, a potential rival was still en route from ...

Ask someone to name the most important physicist of the 20 th century, and they will almost certainly say Albert Einstein. Ask the same question about the field of mathematics, however, and you will ...