If the recent news of a new mathematics and statistics curriculum for years 0–10 felt familiar, that's because it was.

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College Algebra is a major barrier to degree completion, but redesigning math experiences to focus on real-world applications ...

Much of the way math is taught was developed before we had neuroscientific insight into how the brain actually learns.

A simple looking math problem has stumped people online. Can you remember the golden rule from grade school to get the right ...

Simple math equations grow harder when we're out of practice. As time goes on we forget the elementary rules of math and compound problems become more and more challenging. That's why a simple math ...

Recent advances in Vision Language Models (VLMs) have shown significant progress in mathematical reasoning, yet they still face a critical bottleneck with problems that require visual assistance, such ...

Welcome back to The Prompt. Stanford PhDs Fan-Yun Sun and Sharon Lee cofounded AI research company Moonlake AI to help people "vibe code virtual worlds." Artificial intelligence is facing an ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: The importance of math literacy cannot be overstated (“Math crisis began a decade ago and has only ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...