There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

Something just wasn’t adding up when Dr. Mehmet Oz — the current administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid service — tried to explain president Trump’s new drug pricing scheme. That ...

Dr Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, got himself into a desperate mathematical tangle attempting to defend President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on drug prices ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz got his math completely wrong while trying to defend President Donald Trump on drug prices. NBC’s Kristen Welker pointed out in an interview Wednesday night that Trump has repeatedly ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz confounded NBC News anchor Kristen Welker on Wednesday after he got the math completely wrong upon being grilled about President ...

The math gap is an educational problem and an economic warning we cannot afford to ignore. When children enter school lacking a grasp of the language of math, they are set on a difficult path of ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

New Delhi: Few names in Indian education are as instantly recognisable as Dr R.D. Sharma, whose mathematics textbooks have shaped the learning journey of generations of students. This year, he has ...

There are few names as familiar to Indian students as Dr. R.D. Sharma. For decades, his textbooks have remained a rite of passage, guiding numerous kids through the joys and struggles of mathematics.

A mathematician at Carnegie Mellon University has developed an easier way to solve quadratic equations. The mathematician hopes this method will help students avoid memorizing obtuse formulas. His ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...