A simple question about a spinning needle has haunted mathematicians for more than a century. It led to the Kakeya conjecture ...

Dan Shipper in Chain of Thought Last week I wrote that we’d be publishing a few excerpts from a book I’m writing about the worldview I’ve developed by writing, coding, and living with AI. Here’s the ...

Alexander Grothendieck was a titan in his field, making deep connections that fuelled a revolution in mathematics, before ...

This passage sums up both the mathematical undercurrent of the book and its distinctive narrative style. Best known for ...

The question seeks to find a maximum value for the area of a sofa that can slide around a 90-degree corner in a corridor of a given width. Mathematicians have long suspected that the answer lies with ...

Delhi’s students from Classes 1 to 8 will now strengthen reading, writing, comprehension and basic math skills through targeted learning tools, teacher training, regular assessments and customised ...

Creative writing often takes a backseat in schools—confined mostly to ELA classrooms, and even there, used sparingly. But teachers like Ariel Sacks, a middle school teacher, author, and instructional ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Department of Education has released the latest SC READY results showing that pubic school students in grades 3 through 8 are continuing to show improvement in English ...

A few months before the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in July, a three-person team at OpenAI made a long bet that they could use the competition’s brutally tough problems to train an ...

Micah Fagan has recently announced the launch of Doctor Math Medic, a brand-new initiative designed to fill a clear void within the education system. But this is not just a company. For Fagan, it's a ...

n a quiet afternoon, Susan was sitting on her couch when an email arrived: she had been accepted as an intern at an organisation. Less than 24 hours later, she was at her new workplace, meeting ...