While the study of mathematics is typically focused on learning how to apply mathematical operations and formulas, it's also ...

Application to everyday problems: When you encounter a solution that works really well, reverse-engineer it. For example, if you usually hate running on the "dreadmill," but one day you quite enjoy it ...

Paid and presented by University of Utah. On a brilliant white ice floe floating in the Arctic Ocean, a group of people in bulky coats adjust to the biting cold, having been dropped off by helicopter.

A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the ...

Three assistant professors at Brown, in applied mathematics, economics and mathematics, were among 126 scholars to receive ...

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Hagoromo has been described as "the Rolls-Royce of chalk." The formerly Japanese, now Korean brand's chalk is known for its smooth consistency, its vibrancy, and being nearly dust-free. But the ...

By Siobhan Roberts The world’s largest gathering of mathematicians convened in Seattle from Jan. 8 to Jan. 11 — 5,444 mathematicians, 3,272 talks. This year the program diverged somewhat from ...