When making decisions and judgments, humans can fall into common "traps," known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is ...

Do you stare at a math word problem and feel completely stuck? You're not alone. These problems mix reading comprehension ...

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“Heteropessimism” is a trendy buzzword right now, with female writers lamenting the state of straightness in thought pieces and TikTokkers pitting the sexes against one another. And a Wharton ...

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics ...

At an all-boys academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artificial intelligence and college tutors are teaming up to transform how students learn math. By personalizing learning, the school is providing ...

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A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. The equations are fundamental to maths as well as science, where they have broad applications ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such ...

Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for his work on algebraic analysis. Kashiwara, a professor at Kyoto University, Japan, received the award ...