The Government is planning to buy abacuses for primary schools to help children catch up on lost maths learning. But some maths teachers and experts have questioned the idea, which estimates say comes ...

China is harnessing an ancient mental calculation technique to train soldiers as “human abacuses” for high-stakes combat scenarios where advanced technology might fail. The initiative reflects China’s ...

For this series, we've been thinking a lot about some of the iconic objects that some of us remember using — if only for a short period of time — in our early schooling. Slide rules, the recorder, ...

A Japanese abacus (soroban) held over an older style Chinese abacus (suan pan). Photograph by Forrest M. Mims IIIFORREST M MIMS 111 Photo Caption: A Japanese abacus (soroban) held over an older style ...

While abacuses aren't big-ticket antique collector items, auction houses in China expect their value will rise following the traditional calculation device's inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage ...

The Government is planning to buy abacuses for primary schools to help children catch up on lost maths learning. But some maths teachers and experts have questioned the idea, which estimates say comes ...

ONO, Japan >> The city of Ono in Hyogo prefecture sent 1,500 donated abacuses from all over Japan to the island nation of Tonga, where they will be used in elementary schools and for teacher training.

China’s first nuclear submarine was developed with the aid of an abacus, according to the scientist who led the project in the late 1950s. Now 93, Huang Xuhua, chief designer of the Long March-1, said ...

Among the new emojis slated for release in 2018 (a list that includes cupcakes, microbes, abacuses, firecrackers and 12, yes twelve, redheaded characters), it's the emojis with natural hair that have ...