Mathematics News

A "twin prime" is a pair of prime numbers that differ by two. For example, 11 and 13, or 857 and 859.

The name of Pythagoras is known to all from school, but many people associate this name with a theorem in geometry.

Many young students of mathematics have asked the question, "When am I ever going to use this?" A program held each spring at Penn State DuBois provides answers to that question for girls from around the region.

Lazic criticizes the statistical analyses used to support the conclusions in our mouse model.

Unravelling the mysteries of the world around us is all in a day's work for Victoria University researcher Dr Mark McGuinness.

The majority of high school math students failed their final exams last semester, several news outlets reported earlier this month, but at Tuesday's meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Education, Superintendent Joshua Starr cautioned against jumping to conclusions, The Washington Post reported .

McCracken County's middle schools prepare students for their next learning steps in unmatched ways.

Anyone familiar with basic C syntax can learn Dap quickly and easily from the manual and the examples in it.

Cast your eyes over your workplace. You might see 100 or so people. Statistically five of your busying or bone-idle brethren will be dead before they reach retirement age.

Students from Little Oak Middle School's Science Club and Biloxi's Cub Scout troop 213 met Miss Mississippi at INFINITY Science Center Thursday afternoon and heard some inspiring words about her hard work to obtain an education in Science.

The new edition of Essentials of Business Statistics delivers clear and understandable explanations of core business statistics concepts, making it ideal for a one-term course in business statistics.

Two weeks ago there was a letter to our editor from a woman in San Diego who castigated and vilified the Chula Vista Police Department.

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Lubbock's jobless rate dipped below 5 percent last month on a gain of 700 jobs, according to new figures from the Texas Workforce Commission.

Demakein ======== Paul Harrison - pfh@logarithmic.net Demakein is a set of Python tools for designing and making woodwind instruments.

New home prices rose at a slower pace in Chinese cities in April as the government's recent tightening measures started to take effect, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Saturday.

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan returns home this weekend as one of the biggest names in U.S. education reform.

Bulgaria's economy posted 0.1 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute said in a flash estimate on May 15.

The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for inappropriately targeting conservative groups that sought tax-exempt status.

Although statistical trends point to a stabilized economic outlook for the economy in and around Boston, produce vendors in the area say their numbers don't necessarily support those findings.