You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...

The Rubik's Cube was created 50 years ago by Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik. Over 500 million of them have been sold. Needless to say, the 3D puzzle has captured the imagination of countless students ...

Figuring out how the human brain works. Your brain and mind make you who you are. And how they’re built is unique to you. That’s not a figure of speech, it’s the literal truth. The precise wiring of ...

Mathematics education must move beyond marks and memorisation, focusing instead on reasoning, problem-solving, and creative ...

Polynomial equations are a cornerstone of modern science, providing a mathematical basis for celestial mechanics, computer graphics, market growth predictions and much more. But although most high ...

Earlier this year, while putting together a video about the world’s fastest solvers of the Rubik’s Cube, I decided to devote some time to learning to solve the classic puzzle myself. Tyson Mao, a ...

"Even the +, −, =, and x signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in ...

Contemplating Fermi problems keeps me curious about the world and how things relate to one another. By Caroline Chen Whenever I got stuck on math homework while growing up, I would go looking for my ...

To bring the best ideas forward, teams must build psychological safety. by Laura Amico Teams today aren’t just asked to execute tasks: They’re called upon to solve problems. You’d think that many ...

Every few months, the Internet eats itself over some kind of viral riddle or illusion, each more infuriating than the last. And so, like clockwork, this maddening math problem has gone viral, ...

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