Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s formula for Pi can help with calculating black holes, studying percolation, or ...

Math Smarts: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets for Making Math More Fun! by Lynette Long, illus. by Tracy McGuinness, does just that, with clever aids such as a cardboard ""Smart Chart"" that slides to reveal ...

Maintaining perfect stability through negative feedback is a basic element of electrical circuitry, but it’s been a mystery how cells could do it — until now. Mustafa Khammash’s small Lego robot is ...

I've never been a math person, so when I found this viral math secret on TikTok that made sense to me and my right-sided brain, my mind was blown. Essentially it helps with percentages — and in ...

Little children are big news this week, as the White House holds a summit on early childhood education on Wednesday. The president wants every 4-year-old to go to preschool, but the new Congress is ...

Back to school should feel like popping champagne—not hiding in the pantry with a calculator and a box of tissues. When our little darlings head back to class, we want them to be confident, curious, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As Edward Frenkel sees it, the way we teach math in schools today is about as ...