A new series for the Health and Science section aims to make complex topics easy to dissect, and maybe even help people ‘fall ...

Age is an important predictor of Americans' feelings toward math, the survey revealed. About half as many younger U.S. adults (32% of those aged 18 to 24) as older adults (61% of those ages 65 and ...

The secret beauty in apples, stars and the center of you. In the world of taxicab geometry, even the Pythagorean theorem takes a back seat. Trying to fit it all in? There’s a trick to it, even in 24 ...

Mathematicians soon hypothesized that as your set gets bigger, the biggest sum-free subsets will get much larger than N /3.

What stands out about Sarah LeVeck's teaching approach in a time when middle schoolers are struggling with math?

US students rank poorly in global math scores—outdated instruction is to blame. To prepare students for increasing complex ...