It is estimated that Datang, China, makes enough socks to supply every person on the planet with two pairs each.

Abacus Classes During Summer Vacation: Summer vacations are typically a time for children to relax and have fun; however, if ...

More than 200 Coachella Valley middle school students will showcase their math skills during the 29th annual “Math Field Day” this Saturday at John Glenn Middle School in Indio. The event will be held ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Mathematician Kevin Buzzard of Imperial College London is training computers how to prove one of the most famous problems in math history: Fermat’s last theorem. Resolving the problem isn’t the point.

“Miah is twice as old as Alice today, but six years ago, on the same day, he was three times as old as Alice was then. How old are Miah and Alice today?” It's a Saturday in the Western Gateway ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

Instead, the authors pinned the change on COVID-19 and an increase in low-income student enrollments. It’s unclear whether they knew about the calculator policy change. The report’s authors attributed ...

Florida State University's Department of Mathematics is hosting its 11th annual Math Fun Day. The free event is open to the public and will be held on Feb. 7 at the Love Building on FSU's campus.

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

For many individuals, growing uncomfortable with mathematics often starts in early childhood when they receive a worksheet with numbers on it. At this point in life, there may be feelings of panic, ...

The takeaway: While most students and professionals have moved on to more advanced computing technologies, millions of people still rely on the humble calculator to get their work done. It may ...