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The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher Cara Bearden braces herself for any equation that yields the two numbers, knowing her students will immediately scream them ...

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Trend flies in face of Trump-administration policies, but could yet see a rapid decrease, especially in science fields.

In 1978 Steve Fisk, a mathematics professor at Bowdoin College in Maine, US, came up with a proof—considered one of the most ...