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A controversial new movement promoting the "science of math" has come into the math establishment's crosshairs.

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(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

Math teachers at Utah's Hurricane High School are utilizing a nontraditional teaching approach to help their students succeed. The "Building Thinking Classrooms" strategy promotes collaboration.

When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck. Consider, for example, the notorious problem of finding the shortest round-trip route that passes through every city on a map ...

Everyone talks about AI like they have mastered it. It’s time to start using AI to actually get work done. Focus on solving real customer problems, not just showing off AI. Keep humans in control ...

GPT-5 supports researchers across disciplines, a study found. The model doesn't rival human researchers, however. The findings don't indicate AGI is coming soon. OpenAI's recently released model, ...

President Trump said Wednesday that Fed Chair Jerome Powell has “mental problems” and he would love to “fire his ass,” but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is holding him back. Audience members ...