New quantum mechanics research is introducing an advanced Pi formula, optimizing complex computations and reshaping ...

School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” ...

Hamilton's rule, introduced in the 1960s, says that altruism—helping others at your own expense—can evolve when the benefits ...

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born. In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to describe a family of rough, fragmented shapes that fall outside ...

The return of school has us focused on education, and with that in mind we believe it’s worth weighing in on two major changes in the way the state of Illinois measures proficiency in reading, math ...

The divide makes it less likely that students who struggle will get access to proven strategies, researchers argue in a new study.

It's easy to mistake llamas and alpacas for each other: Both are slender fluffy four-legged mammals with long necks that live in herds. So what's the difference between these two species? "That is the ...

While building a simpler model for particle interactions, scientists made a sleek new pi. Representations of pi help scientists use values close to real life without storing a million digits. The ...

Science and mathematics are becoming computational endeavors. This fact is reflected in the recently released Next Generation Science Standards and the decision to include "computational thinking" as ...

Scientists update Hamilton’s rule with powerful new math, revealing the many ways altruism and cooperation can thrive in ...

There are countless ways to describe the Milwaukee Brewers’ 12-game winning streak. There are countless numbers that describe it, too. A 12-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates ran the Brewers’ win ...