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Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Albert Einstein was intrigued by a simple puzzle: an old car must travel 2 miles at an average of 30 mph. The twist? Its structure makes the solution impossible. Can you solve it?

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Celebrate National Mathematics Day on December 22, honouring Srinivasa Ramanujan's legacy. Discover how math extends beyond the classroom into daily life, finance, technology, and problem-solving.

The major scientific breakthroughs and astronomical events have been seen this week with the remarkable development of a new kind of quantum processor that lasts 15 times longer than those used by ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem ...

In this week’s new commentary, we wonder how major league strikeout leader James Wood can reduce his strikeouts by 600 percent in 2026. Then we return to early 2008 for a look at some deleterious, ...

This holiday-themed brainteaser looks simple, but it's quietly tripping up adults everywhere I’ve been out of school for decades, and I don’t spend my days solving equations (I’m more of a word person ...