He was the man who saw the world in 1s and 0s — long before anyone imagined the digital revolution. Claude Shannon, a quiet ...

In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the ...

1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...

He couldn’t see the equations — but he could solve what others couldn’t even begin. This is the story of how blindness never stood a chance against brilliance.

5D. The clue “Lower division course for many?” refers to MATH. While it is a subject that many college students take in their first two years and then never again, the word “division” also has a ...

But the real puzzle isn’t whether de-skilling exists—it plainly does—but rather what kind of thing it is. Are all forms of de ...

Harvard mathematics professor Lauren K. Williams just won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant." She's still focused on ...

In a video message played at a Frankfurt Book Fair event, Yau shared insights into the three-year process of writing the book ...

Masahiro Sakurai, who is best known for creating the Kirby franchise and for his work on the Super Smash Bros. series, has ...

Teachers and parents played a key role in getting Los Angeles Unified students to perform well on state standardized tests.

Luke Altmyer threw his first interception of the season thanks to Jermaine Mathews batting away a pass that ended up in Payton Pierce’s hands on Illinois’ opening drive. The second drive ended with a ...

In the long history of sports collapses, there is no better predictor of impending doom than the dreaded “vote of confidence.” By the time the powers that be feel the need to reassure the public that ...