A simple random sample is a subset of a statistical population where each member of the population is equally likely to be ...

A 150-year-old geometry rule has been overturned after mathematicians found two different torus surfaces with identical ...

Many people have likely found themselves watching oddly satisfying videos of random objects being squashed by a powerful ...

New research is significantly revising a widely cited evolutionary model, the Inhibitory Cascade Mode (ICM). Benjamin Auerbach, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the ...

In this video, I will show you how to use direct variation to help determine the missing variable, as well as how to determine if an equation is an example of direct variation or not. For an equation ...

A blizzard is a real test of the social contract. Nature dumps 12 to 18 inches of inconvenience uniformly across an entire community and leaves it up to you and your neighbors to sort out the mess.

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

At the annual Bridges conference, mathematical creativity was on dazzling display. By Siobhan Roberts It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the Dutch sculptor Rinus Roelofs organizes his life ...

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk receives funding from the NSF, IES, and Herman & Raseij Math Initiative. Ian Thacker receives funding from the Spencer Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ...

The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan ...