The idea of an animal that can count or do math might sound like something out of a viral news story or TikTok video. But a sense of quantity, sometimes called "numerosity," appears across a ...

Researchers tested the accuracy of five AI models using 500 everyday math prompts. The results show that there is roughly a ...

A new study digs into why modern AI models stumble over multi-digit multiplication and what kind of training finally makes ...

A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

When we go to the cinema, we expect certain things of big-screen scientists. Most of us will get annoyed if a film gets its basic facts wrong, for example. Directors are aware of this, so generally ...

There's another viral math question confusing the internet. Do you have what it takes to figure it out?

Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to the inside of the fence, how long a rope do you need to allow the animal access to ...

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...

Math is awesome. Wait!! Don’t click out of here to go read an article about Beyoncé and her twins! Stay with me so I can tell you why math is awesome. Because if you have a basic understanding of math ...

A 'simple' math sequence has left the internet puzzled, proving that it may be far more complex than it appears at first glance. The mathematical brain teaser, posted by X user Bholanath DuttaFounder, ...

One of the most basic and intensively studied processes in biology —- one which has been detailed in biology textbooks for decades —- has gained a new level of understanding, thanks to the application ...