We need to talk about the lack of public bathrooms and cozy coffee shops, and that prolific public artist... you know the one ...

What if our first name could also be the mirror of our soul? That’s the premise of letter numerology. Since ancient times, many have seen numbers as the secret language of the universe. It’s an idiom ...

This holiday-themed brainteaser looks simple, but it's quietly tripping up adults everywhere. A math teacher walks us through ...

It’s the rare child who’ll choose an afternoon of math homework over a family vacation. That’s partly because of the negative way that we talk about and teach math, says Chris Emdin, a professor of ...

Re “Why did pickleball players leave indoor courts in Palm Beach Gardens?:” I understand that the Palm Beach Gardens’ Recreational Center renovation was extremely expensive, but originally the gyms ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

HISTORIANS of mathematics attribute the first use of the cross x as a symbol for multiplication to William Oughtred (“Clavis Mathematicae”, London, 1631). See W. W. R. Ball's “Short Account of the ...