Researchers uncovered 53 genetic loci linked to quantitative ability, distinguishing it from general intelligence and ...

oneMath is an open-source implementation of the oneMath specification. It can work with multiple devices using multiple libraries (backends) underneath. The oneMath project was previously referred to ...

The inspiration for this column comes not from the epic 1999 film The Matrix, as the title may suggest, but from an episode of Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast that I listened to over the summer. The ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

How does a car accident reveal the truth about life itself? Malcolm Nair shares his astonishing near-death experience, where leaving his broken past behind opened a doorway into what he calls the ...

Climate action is falling behind on the goals as stated in the Paris Agreement. To meet those goals, countries must act according to their "fair share" targets. However, researchers from Utrecht ...

Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, ...

Pay $2, pick six numbers, and you could win $1.3 billion on Wednesday night. So at least promises the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball lottery. The jackpot is the fifth ...

Sebastian Gorka got himself ruthlessly fact-checked by the network after claiming there’d been an uptick in mass shootings by transgender individuals. Reporter President Donald Trump’s ...

This illustration of early Earth includes liquid water as well as magma seeping from the planet’s core due to a large impact. Scientists at NASA are investigating the chemistry that might have existed ...