Mathematics News

We lived in Highgate, in north London. My sister Mary was born 18 months after me, and I'm told I did not welcome her arrival.

Farmingdale State College sophomore Javier Garcia took first place in the 2013 annual U.S. National Collegiate Mathematics Championship, part of the Mathematical Association of America's conference, Mathfest, held in Hartfod, Conn.

"I have not time. I have not time," he scribbled frantically in the margins. Years of studying and formulating mathematical concepts, years of developing a method to solve higher order equations all would be forfeited if he failed to complete this letter before the dawn.

As part of their first anniversary celebrations, the Museum of Mathematics and about 500 math enthusiasts of all ages proved that New York's iconic Flatiron building is approximately in the shape of a very special type of right triangle.

In spite of a decline in statistical data, teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. are considered higher than any other developed country, including Canada and the UK.

When Marriotts Ridge High School senior Min Ji Kim wants to get the teacher's attention in her differential equations class, she raises her hand.

A few weeks ago a group of senior mathematicians, teachers, statisticians, and curriculum developers met in Boston to discuss the future of high school mathematics, revisiting issues addressed by a 2008 conference organized by the Center for Mathematics Education at the University of Maryland.

The class is made up of the stuff of classes everywhere. Workbooks piled atop textbooks and notebooks, Ugg boots and sneakers swinging beneath round tables, pencils applied carefully to graph paper.

Because Katie Couric did a show giving voice to meritless anti-vaccine forces , people are going to die.

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are investigating the complex relationships between the spread of the HIV virus in a population and the actual, rapid evolution of the virus within each patient's body.

Two university professors hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to analyze traffic stops by the Alamance County Sheriff's Office say statistical data conclusively shows deputies there are racially profiling Latino drivers.

One bad math calculation in the medical world can mean death for a patient. Failing math skills lessen opportunity for innovation across all sectors.

In fact, according to the latest PISA results , the land of our fathers is lagging behind England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

In a climactic moment Tuesday night, Maryland mathematician Manil Suri won the Bad Sex Award for his novel "The City of Devi."

When: Jan. 16, 2014, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Where: Hilton Baltimore, Holiday Ballrooms 1-3 Live Webcast: http://www.livestream.com/wwtbam2014 Fast Facts about Clark: Clark works one day a week as an intern in MITRE's quantum information science lab in Princeton, as part of his high school's mentorship program.

Results of a key international assessment of 15-year-old students around the world show no improvement for the U.S. Results of a key international assessment of 15-year-old students around the world show no improvement for the U.S. The academic performance of U.S. students is holding steady on a key international test, but no one is celebrating.

What better way to celebrate the upcoming holiday season than by feasting on Chik-fil-A strips and fries in AP Calculus BC Class? Arthur L. Johnson High School teachers Susan Merlo and Edward Grande, pictured in the back of the classroom, sprung for the snack.

It's all very well calling for a revolution in data for use in post-2015 development, but what might such a revolution involve? The UN high-level panel report, which called for such a revolution earlier this year , gives little in terms of specifics, and the term itself was coined to get people talking, a European Development Days 2013 meeting ... (more)

The official federal poverty rate measures pretax income - period. It doesn't consider government benefits such as food stamps, nor does it factor in the costs of housing, taxes and child care, all of which vary greatly across states and help determine how rich or poor people feel.

The donations were funded through a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics grant the college received in 2012 for Hispanic-serving institutions from the U.S. Dept.