Aug 13 Stanford professor first woman to receive ‘Nobel Prize’ for math By News Desk Maryam Mirzakhani, a mathematics professor at Stanford University in California, is the first woman to receive the Fields Medal -- considered the “Nobel Prize” of mathematics -- since the award was established in 1936. Continue reading
Jul 11 How math is growing more strawberries in California By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Growing strawberries takes water, sunshine, soil...and math. Mathematicians are helping farmers in the Parajo Valley grow more berries using less water with the power of numbers. Continue reading
Mar 14 Find your slice of birthday in pi By Frank Bi Because it is an irrational number, pi is infinite and never falls into a repeating pattern. Despite its use in mathematics for centuries, research is still being done on pi to determine whether the numbers repeat in a certain frequency. Continue reading
Mar 14 Pi Day Quiz: How many digits can you name? By Frank Bi For math geeks, March 14 is a delicious holiday that celebrates one famous number -- pi or approximately 3.14. The mathematical constant, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, can be used to find the area… Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch How does American education measure up to schools around the globe? How does American education measure up to schools around the globe?… Continue watching
Dec 03 How do students in the United States compare to those around the world? By April Brown The 2012 Program for International Student Assessment are out, revealing how more than 60 countries compare with one another in reading, math and science. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch Creating a New Planet for Math and Science: Super STEM Jerriel Hall transforms his classroom into another planet for his students to learn. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch Average Scores for SAT Tests Drop as Pool of Students Who Take Test Widens Average Scores for SAT Tests Drop as Pool of Students Who Take Test Widens… Continue watching