A Mathematician with early access to XAI Grok 4.20, found a new Bellman function for one of the problems he had been working on with my student N. Alpay. Not an Erdős problem, but original research.

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

These low-floor, high-ceiling problems support differentiation, challenging all students by encouraging flexible thinking and allowing for multiple solution paths.

Axiom says its AI found solutions to several long-standing math problems, a sign of the technology’s steadily advancing reasoning capabilities.

Four simple strategies—beginning with an image, previewing vocabulary, omitting the numbers, and offering number sets—can have a big impact on learning.

Most people in the math education space agree that students need to be fluent with basic math facts. By the time kids are in upper elementary grades, they should be able to produce the answer to 6x3 ...

Problems are unavoidable. From everyday decisions to complex professional challenges, the ability to solve problems effectively is one of the most valuable skills today. While situations differ, the ...

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...

Mastery of tool-assisted hunting requires a cognitive threshold previously thought impossible for canines. The 14-month observation period revealed structural limitations in standard predatory ...

Watch a spirited baby bear explore its surroundings, displaying playful and curious behavior in the wild. Venezuela’s acting president says she has had 'enough' of US orders Enormous freshwater ...