Mathematician Sarah Hart has always loved to read — and she argues literature and math are fundamentally intertwined. She ...

To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.

From Plato’s search for hidden forms to Bernoulli’s law of large numbers and Markov’s breakthrough on dependent events, this story traces how mathematicians discovered the patterns hidden inside ...

Fashion followers know that trends tend to reappear on a 20-year cycle, and a new analysis of more than 150 years’ worth of ...

How do biological cells join forces to form a structure? In her Ph.D. research, Daphne Nesenberend uses mathematics to show how forces and cooperation between cells create structure—and how ...

San Francisco school officials have released a long-awaited plan that allows proficient eighth-graders to skip ahead to ...

Why do we keep doing the things we know aren’t good for our finances? Whether it’s emotional spending, avoiding a growing credit card balance, over-controlling every dollar, or saying “yes” to ...

Students actively engage in tasks that are doable and interesting—which frees up time for personalized instruction.

We're all bound to have moments when we feel like we have absolutely no intelligence compared to others, especially when the ...

Math might seem far removed from interior design, but geometry is often the secret behind homes that sing. Decorators rely on formulas for determining the right size coffee table to pair with a couch ...

Let’s get the uncomfortable truth on the table early: the biggest barrier to starting a business in 2026 is not money. It’s ...

Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page. Grab something circular, like a cup, measure the distance around the circle, and divide ...