They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

A Mathematician with early access to XAI Grok 4.20, found a new Bellman function for one of the problems he had been working ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2026 issue, where we plan a return passage for a robotic explorer that doesn’t want ...

Baidu's ERNIE-5.0-0110 ranks #8 globally on LMArena, becoming the only Chinese model in the top 10 while outperforming ...

The GRE is a test that many universities require for their master’s and Ph.D. programs. It merely checks how well you think, ...

This holiday-themed brainteaser looks simple, but it's quietly tripping up adults everywhere I’ve been out of school for decades, and I don’t spend my days solving equations (I’m more of a word person ...

Discover how to tackle a surprising math problem from start to finish with a clear, logical approach that makes even tricky questions feel manageable. This guide walks you through understanding the ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Math is the sum of its parts, and it adds on itself. What does that mean? It means that ...

Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Among high school students and adults, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...