Decades ago, Paul Erdős used randomness to illuminate the vast and weird world of networks. Now mathematicians are making his ...

Blending algebra and geometry courses can give students more room in their schedules to take other courses like data science or statistics, concepts that are very present in people’s everyday lives.

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...

The era of rote memorisation, commonly known in Ghana as "chew and pour", is a thing of the past. For decades, the education system has rewarded the ability to "chew" (memorise) facts, store them ...

New FDA guidance on the use of Bayesian statistics signals a broader shift in accommodating more flexible clinical trial designs and the complexities of diseases such as certain cancers and rare ...

Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help scientists uncover hidden causes behind observable effects. By introducing ...

Many nonprofits in low- and middle-income countries face a critical mismatch: urgent social problems demand rapid program iteration, yet organizations often wait years for externally-produced ...

Researchers have shown that the striking beauty of tiling patterns is closely tied to powerful mathematical methods for solving complex problems. Their work reveals how repeating geometric reflections ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...

In the world of design, the first draft is rarely the best one. This is the foundation of iterative design—a methodology that has transformed how products, websites, applications and print materials ...