A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods like timed tests.

Every year on December 22, India observes National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a mathematician whose life and work continue to hover between legend and rigorous ...

Brian Cox once toured as a keyboardist in major rock and pop bands. Now he’s a particle physicist on a new world tour with a ...