Here’s a philosophical question for you: was math invented or was it discovered? Granite Geek David Brooks has been thinking about this question, and will lead leading a discussion after tomorrow ...

The American Mathematical Society recently published a study (Cross-Cultural Analysis of Students with Exceptional Talent in Mathematical Problem Solving) that finds evidence to disprove the widely ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Hello! My name is Rosemarie, and I am the new writer for this Mama, Ph.D. column. Before I begin, I ...

Imagine an aeronautics engineer designing a state-of-the-art jumbo jet. In order for it to fly, the engineer has to rely on the same aerodynamics equation devised by physicists 150 years ago, which is ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The other day Patrick Vennebush of the blog ...

"Mathematics is the gate and key of the sciences. …Neglect of mathematics works injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or the things of this world." ...

There's a simple way to tell if your kid is a math geek and likely to have the potential to go on to a lucrative career as a software engineer. It comes around maybe fourth or fifth grade when they ...

In 1974, a geneticist named Marsha Jean Falco devised an ingenious research tool to help determine whether epilepsy in dogs was an inherited trait. She drew a series of symbols on index cards, where ...