In this video, we explain the axial dipole electric field approximation, showing how the field behaves along the axis of a dipole and why the far-field assumption simplifies the math. Clear reasoning ...

A decades-old geometry puzzle has finally been solved by a young mathematician in South Korea. Hidden behind a simple hallway ...

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...

A Mathematician with early access to XAI Grok 4.20, found a new Bellman function for one of the problems he had been working ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2026 issue, where we plan a return passage for a robotic explorer that doesn’t want ...

Two effective manipulatives that can be used to support fractions and base 10 learning are base 10 blocks and Cuisenaire rods ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the assistance of AI tools, and say it could lead to a new way of doing mathemat ...