Little progress had been made in solving Ramsey problems since the 1930s. Now, researchers have found the answer to r(4,t), a longstanding Ramsey problem that has perplexed the math world for decades.

We teach the wrong math and test it the wrong way. We devote thousands of hours to the obsolete rote math that pervades our high-stakes exams—math ...

She’s starring in “Pretty Lethal” and “Coyote vs. Acme” and the new season of Netflix’s “XO, Kitty” this year, so it’s no wonder that Lana Condor could use an energy boost. “I’m naturally a pretty ...

It was my first date with a guy whose OK Cupid profile stated that he was a polyamorous man in a long-term relationship, and without even trying, I had impressed him by mentioning my former colleague, ...

The more we think about math instruction, the more we see math in nearly every moment of every day. We want students to see the many ways that math can show up in their lives, especially beyond their ...

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

Math fact fluency—knowing and being able to recall math facts quickly and accurately—is an important element of being a successful mathematician at every age. To help my second-grade students grow ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

Earlier this month an artificial intelligence (AI) startup announced that their AI agent had confirmed a proof of two cases of the devilishly challenging "higher dimensional sphere-packing problem." ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Over the years there is no doubt that Gillian Anderson has been a constant stream of inspiration for us. From her award-winning acting to her advocacy of sexual pleasure via her book Want, she is all ...

The American workforce expects an unmet need for over a million employees to fill STEM-related jobs by 2030. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.