The Latest Breaking News from Math

Only about 1 in 5 engineering degrees go to women

Despite various efforts to encourage more women to study STEM fields in college, the percentage of engineering bachelor’s degrees earned by women in the United States hasn’t increased much in the 21st century. Specifically, it has risen from 18% in 1998 to 22% in 2018.

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2022

Mata Amritanandamayi Math's second hospital in Faridabad soon

KOCHI: The Mata Amritanandamayi Math will soon be starting operations of their 2,400-bedded Amrita Hospital, the biggest private sector hospital in India spread across 133 acres, in Faridabad.

The Times of India · Jun 17, 2022

A Wonky Evisceration of Biden's Bad Deficit Math

Interest rates and servicing costs could push us into worrisome territory sooner than we think.

Reason · Jun 16, 2022

Ellis L. Williams: Panthers have a core under 25 they can win with and build around

The math isn’t adding up.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

When perfect math meets a broken world

As I discovered firsthand, there is no way to quantify the toll of all this gun violence — not even in a math class

Salon · Jun 4, 2022

‘We are changing lives.’ 12th graders laud teachers with sweet thank you letters

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dagmar Kilp was doing a math review with her fifth-grade class preparing them for annual state exams. She was trying to make it engaging for students with an “amazing math race,” but she was also feeling worn down.

Orlando Sentinel · May 27, 2022

AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won't replace human experts

A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather. In his 1922 book, “Weather Prediction By Numerical Process,” Richardson tried to write an equation that he could use to solve the dynamics of…

The Conversation · May 26, 2022

Stephen A. Smith got roasted for his terrible math after Heat – Celtics Game 4

Oops.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 24, 2022

Your Retirement Income Should Depend on Math, Not the Market

Dividing your assets into three different buckets — safety, income and growth — can help protect you from inevitable market downturns.

Kiplinger · May 23, 2022

Gene Collier: Are the 2022 primaries America's last legit election?

Tuesday's visit to the local polling place looked refreshingly typical to me — the standard primary election math was in play (more poll workers than voters), the mode for hair color was white, and the earnest candidate advocates out front reminded me still again of that old Mitch Hedberg joke…

Tribune News Service · May 20, 2022