Mar 14 This Pi Day, use math to beat your friends at classic toy games By Kristin Hugo On this most circular of pi days, we present three classic toys -- hula hoops, yo-yo's and Connect Four -- and explore their mechanics with mathematicians and physicists. Continue reading
Mar 14 Meet the farm boy from Wales who gave the world ‘pi’ By Gareth Ffowc Roberts for The Conversation One of the most important numbers in maths might today be named after the Greek letter π or “pi”, but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn’t come from Greece at all. Continue reading
Mar 02 Click this linky and learn the secrets of the Slinky By Andrew Wagner A Princeton professor offers new math behind why a Slinky appears to hang in midair when dropped. Continue reading
Dec 06 Big antlers shouldn’t exist. This math model explains why they do By Kristin Hugo Mathematicians tackle a question that once stumped Charles Darwin: Why do animals have antlers, manes and other ornaments?… Continue reading
Dec 06 Math a concern for U.S. teens; science, reading flat on test By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — American students have a math problem. Continue reading
Oct 27 Gender gap in math starts in kindergarten, study says By Vic Pasquantonio Gender gaps in math achievement and teacher expectations that boys are stronger at math than girls start to form by kindergarten, according to a study released Thursday by the American Educational Research Association. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 6:52 Counting the benefits of teaching math to 3-year-olds By PBS NewsHour In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to encourage very young children to think and talk about math concepts… Continue watching
Jun 28 49 ways to celebrate the most perfect (math) day of the year By Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American June 28—6/28 or 28/6—is the most mathematically perfect day of the year (and Tau day). Celebrate by befriending a perfect number. Continue reading
Apr 27 Math scores slip, reading flat for nation’s 12th-graders By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation's high school seniors are slipping in math and failing to make progress in reading, with just one-third of the 12th graders ready for the academic challenges of college. Continue reading
Mar 14 3 reasons Pi Day is a sham By Nsikan Akpan Pi isn't the special snowflake of your mathematical dreams. Continue reading