Mathematics News

One of my favorite politicians is John Lewis, the 1960's Civil Rights activist-turned-Congressman from Georgia.

For "Moses ," an evening-length work performed by Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival this week, Wilson's inspirations are many, from his travels in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and Mali to his interest in the African diaspora and even fractal geometry.

A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that the production of fossil fuels from federal lands fell in 2013 .

In general, students in Jefferson Parish's public high schools did better on state tests in the 2013-14 academic year than in the previous year, and slightly more students qualified for college scholarships.

As I've been hearing the pushback to the market's gains, there are a few that are louder than the rest.

The tech world is hungry for workers, and a new survey examining conditions for graduates hoping to land a job in the industry finds Raleigh ranks eighth in the nation.

Author: Richard Cotton Publisher: O'Reilly Pages: 400 ISBN: 978-1449357108 Audience: Statisticians; novice programmers with a stats background Rating: 4 Reviewer: Mike James R is a language that is most used for statistical computing and any book on the subject has an important choice to make about whether or not to include teaching statistics.

The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month average unemployment for major cities but cautions the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples.

American young adults are more racially and ethnically diverse, more likely to graduate from high school, and attend college, and less likely to smoke than previous generations, according to a report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

A young Indian mathematician, Nikhil Srivastava, has been named a joint winner of the prestigious George Polya Prize for finding proof of a riddle that had eluded mathematicians for more than half a century.

Since work was so slow today, I thought I'd look post again and look at the correlation factor between each of the stats provided on pro-football-reference.com.

The solution to the shortage of workers for well-paying STEM jobs does not begin with students in college; it begins in elementary schools with well-trained teachers who are prepared to inspire students early on in these science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Have you ever heard the claim "all smart people are atheists", or maybe its inverse: "people who believe in God are dumb"? It's quite a pervasive urban legend, and one which I've known is false for a long time, but I didn't realize just how false until the other day.

SurreyCares, formerly the Surrey Foundation, has just launched an online survey where they're asking residents to grade their community.

Hot on the heels of Wolfram Language we now have Mathematica 10, which is said to be the first version to be based on the new language.

Three quarters of New Mexicans who have a STEM-related bachelor's degree aren't employed in science, technology, engineering or mathematics occupations, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.

Although jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are often viewed as important for America's future, it turns out that only about 37% of college graduates with degrees in STEM fields actually end up in STEM or STEM-related jobs.

UMBC on April 28 opened a $1.7 million Science Learning Collaboratory, a 3,000-square-foot multi-use lab where students will learn practical applications for science and technology.

There are a lot of conflicting reports about the common elbow surgery made famous by Major League Baseball pitcher, Tommy John - Ulna Collateral Ligament reconstruction surgery.

Shoulder instability is a common injury in football players but the rate of return to play has not been regularly determined following surgery.