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The Morally Funky Math of Homeowner Handouts

The rich are getting richer under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Reason

Edinburgh school pupils get 'confidence boost' ahead of exams with 'Saturday School'

Dozens of pupils at Gracemount High School are getting a boost of confidence with help from extra maths and biology tuition on Saturdays in the run up to their exams

Edinburgh Live

Newly discovered 'einstein' tile is a 13-sided shape that solves a decades-old math problem

A new 13-sided shape is the first example of an elusive "einstein" — a single shape that can be tiled infinitely without repeating a pattern.

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Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness

When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited was that too few students were devoted to the study of math.

The Conversation

High school students may have just discovered an 'impossible' proof to the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem

Two high school seniors have presented their proof of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry — which mathematicians thought to be impossible — at an American Mathematical Society meeting.

LiveScience

Mathematicians make rare breakthrough on notoriously tricky 'Ramsey number' problem

The bounds on Ramsey numbers, which describe relationships between nodes in a network, have been narrowed.

LiveScience

Rolls-Royce launches Bristol jobs scheme for engineers returning to work

The aerospace giant’s defence division will offer a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) ‘returnship’ scheme at its site in Filton, South Gloucestershire

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The A’s had the Giants so confused when they ran off the field after the second out of an inning

Math is hard.

USA Today Sports Media Group

40 years ago 'A Nation at Risk' warned of a 'rising tide of mediocrity' in US schools – has anything changed?

The National Commission on Excellence in Education’s release of a report titled “A Nation at Risk” in 1983 was a pivotal point in the history of American education. The report used dire language, lamenting that “the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of…

The Conversation

Is Duolingo building a new music-learning app? We interpret the signs

Expanding beyond languages and math, Duolingo is looking to build a music curriculum for its next educational venture.

TechRadar

Why Seattle schools are hinging student success on Black male achievement

SEATTLE — During a math lesson on dividing decimals at Hawthorne Elementary School, 11-year-old Imran Ali said the material didn't click for him until his fifth grade teacher taught it using felt blocks. It was easier, he said, to count out real-life objects instead of grappling with abstract numbers in…

Tribune News Service

Mark Story: Ten bracket tips that could give you the edge in your NCAA Tournament pool

As a mathematician and the head of Centre College’s sports analytics initiative, Jeff Heath brings a number cruncher’s approach to correctly predicting NCAA Tournament games.

Tribune News Service

Love Island fans left confused as Jack Keating welcomes baby eight months after villa: ‘It ain’t mathing’

Viewers of the ITV2 show believe they’ve worked out that the star conceived before entering Casa Amor in July

Evening Standard

Movie critic versus mathematician pick 2023 Oscar winners

In a case of "man versus maths", a film critic and a Moneyball mathematician go head-to-head to predict Academy Award winners.

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Pi gets all the fanfare, but other numbers also deserve their own math holidays

March 14 is celebrated as Pi Day because the date, when written as 3/14, matches the start of the decimal expansion 3.14159… of the most famous mathematical constant.

WEKU

Students learn lessons on climate change, pollution through raising salmon

Although many Alaskan students are familiar with salmon fishing, raising them gives them a new perspective on writing, science, math and art.

WEKU

In the Donbas, Russia's vast numbers of troops weigh heavily on Ukraine's defenders

Russia and Ukraine are believed to have suffered equally horrific losses in the war. But when it comes to troop strength, the math is on Russia's side. Its population is four times Ukraine's.

The Independent UK

Social Security and Medicare: Troubling math, tough politics

It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits

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Battling the 'science type' stereotype: Q+A with 3M's chief science advocate

Jayshree Seth was raised on the campus of a prominent engineering university in India, and the professor's daughter was surrounded by all things science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) from an early age.

Daily Mirror

Mum utterly stumped by son's maths question asks strangers to help her solve it

A number of parents have been left scratching their heads after being presented with a maths question aimed at nine to 10-year-olds, with many claiming it should have been worded better

Los Angeles Times

Grammys, you have one job on Sunday: Give Beyoncé album of the year

LOS ANGELES — The math is clear, so let's start there.

The Conversation

Why teachers are letting students solve math problems in lots of different ways

Families might be wondering why their child’s math classroom looks so different from what they remember in school.

Dynamite News

New Mathematical Model Demonstrates How Body Regulates Potassium

Potassium levels that are too high or too low might be lethal. A new mathematical model sheds insight on the often enigmatic ways in which the body manages this essential electrolyte. Read further on Dynamite News:

Reason

Review: Naomi Novik's Magic Math Actually Makes Sense

The Golden Enclaves is the third installment of Novik's best-selling Scholomance trilogy.

Tribune News Service

Erika Ettin: Talk the talk and walk the walk

I’ve always loved math. I still do. (And can’t forget spreadsheets!)

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