You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

Why is mathematics so complicated? It’s a question many students will ask while grappling with a particularly complex calculus problem — and their teachers will probably echo while setting or marking ...

Now that the first 2016er has semiofficially launched his bid—we're looking at you, Jim Webb—the rest of the primary field will likely solidify in the next seven months, likely starting very, very ...

On a humid 1969 September night in Texas, a little boy sat in the stands of a high school football game, happily supporting his hometown team. As he watched, the opposition's running back broke free, ...

Back in 1948, the journal Physical Review published a paper entitled “Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics” by a young physicist named R.P. Feynman at Cornell University. The paper described ...

The [Math Sorcerer] loves books. His latest acquisition is the famous Real and Complex Analysis, which is a very stout math book. How stout? Well, there are several chapters on holomorphic functions, ...

Outgoing defense secretary Chuck Hagel recently announced the closure of fifteen U.S. military bases in Europe. Britain, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands each will see a downsizing of the U ...

Struggling to help your child with their homework? The older they get, the more difficult the assignments become, and for ...