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 article 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 article was originally published on this website.

Mathematicians love the certainty of proofs. This is how they verify that their intuition matches observable truth.This article was originally published on this website.

In our polarized political system, what’s one thing that Democrats and Republicans have in common? Growing distrust and dislike for each other.This article was originally published on this website.

A team of statistical researchers at Meta, owner of Facebook, working with colleagues from the University of Hong Kong and Harvard University, has applied a specially designed algorithm to analyze Facebook data to track human […]

A study led by researchers at the Columbia Butler Aging Center and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health has unveiled a framework for rethinking political decision-making—drawing inspiration from how the human body maintains stability […]

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra’s oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations.This article was originally published on this website.