Mathematics

It’s an old joke that there are three kinds of people in the world: those who are good at math and those who aren’t.This post was originally published on this site

AI is transforming every industry, from medicine to film to finance. So, why not use it to study one of the world’s most revered ancient texts, the Bible?This post was originally published on this site

The gender gap in education doesn’t always disadvantage women. In countries like Estonia, Iceland, or Sweden, women outperform men in key indicators such as tertiary education and lifelong learning. But that, too, is a gender […]

A research team has developed a novel method for estimating the predictability of complex dynamical systems. Their work, “Time-lagged recurrence: A data-driven method to estimate the predictability of dynamical systems,” published on 16 May 2025, […]

Students’ perceptions of their mathematical identity can provide insight into why some lose motivation or underperform in math. “The background of the research project MATHMot is that we know less about how motivation for math […]

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique—the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented prime numbers. Similarly, a clay tablet from […]

West Virginia University researchers are changing how college mathematics is taught by evaluating and sharing a model for problem-solving that supports what students learn in other courses like business or biology.This post was originally published […]

How long have you been doing your current job? Have you ever thought about trying a new profession? How difficult does change seem to you? The current rapid transformation of the labor market is putting […]

A new study introduces choice engineering—a powerful new way to guide decisions using math instead of guesswork. By applying carefully designed mathematical models, researchers found they could influence people’s choices more effectively than relying on […]

You scrambled up a Rubik’s cube, and now you want to put it back in order. What sequence of moves should you make?This post was originally published on this site