Warp drive has long lived in the realm of starships and scriptwriters, but the equations behind it are starting to look less ...

Like an online retailer trying to woo a customer back by offering a 10% discount on the boots they’ve been eyeing, education researcher Angela Duckworth wanted to understand how to incentivize ...

For years, the idea that we might be living inside a vast computer program has drifted from philosophy seminars into blockbuster movies and Reddit threads. Now a group of theoretical physicists say ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

(NEXSTAR) — School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” into classrooms nationwide. The students older than them, however ...

American students have fallen further behind in reading skills since the pandemic and have made little progress in math on the standardized test known as the nation’s report card. Results released ...

As math scores lag across the nation and more Massachusetts students enter college with less math proficiency, a new poll shows more than a third of Massachusetts parents are concerned about their own ...

Math — often the most challenging school subject for students — is the bright spot in Michigan's academic recovery story, according to new data examining the pace of post-pandemic recovery in U.S.

One in eight freshmen at UC San Diego place below high-school levels in math, according to a university report. One in 12 do not meet middle school math standards.