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 ...

Kevin Lieber of Vsauce2 decodes how numeric arrangements uncover deep hidden truths of mathematical logic.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate Finance Committee hearing on 22 April 2026 that President Donald Trump uses a 'different way' of calculating drug price ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

Researchers at Stanford and Caltech have found some critical reasoning failures in advanced AI models. LLMs are great at recognizing patterns, but they have trouble with basic logic, social reasoning, ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation by Patty Wellborn, University of British Columbia edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The "walking" philosophers, known as the Peripatetics, represent one of the most influential traditions in the history of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

Earlier this month, 36 sharp-witted high school students from around the globe stepped foot on the warm and breezy campus of Stanford University. Out of more than 4,000 students from more than 2,000 ...

Cool Math Games (often stylized as Coolmath Games) has been a staple of online gaming since its inception in 1997, offering a unique blend of entertainment and education that appeals to players of all ...