Brain teasers are a fun way to test one's thinking skills. These puzzles give the brain a quick workout. A recent challenge ...

Over the last half 50 years, fractals have challenged ideas about geometry and pushed math, science and technology into unexpected areas.

The odds of winning a big Powerball, Mega Millions or Florida Lotto jackpot are almost incomprehensibly huge. Any way to ...

Math isn’t just about answers—the process matters, too. These strategies spotlight reasoning and reveal student thinking.

Mathematicians uncovered patterns that stretch to infinity yet never repeat. Known as quasicrystals and Penrose tilings, they ...

Some mathematical formulas can uncover patterns so precise they seem to predict the future—appearing in nature, economics, ...

Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river’s famed tidal ...

Efforts to close the gender gap in STEM education are gaining momentum after setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders ...