U.S. students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and rapidly ...

For Mr. Santos, math can also inspire ideas about structures that have already been built — a new way to see and appreciate the world. Inspired by this idea, The New York Times created a virtual tour ...

The Goldilocks solution to our math crisis is where relatable problems aren’t so simple that there’s no learning but also not so complex and irrelevant that there's none.

Scientists update Hamilton’s rule with powerful new math, revealing the many ways altruism and cooperation can thrive in ...

Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled ...

The results are nothing short of a five-alarm fire, with 12th-grade math and reading scores clocking in lower than in 2005 ...

Thirty minutes helps—but it can’t erase a poor diet. See the calorie math and how pairing training with smarter eating drives results.

A new bill would permanently end taxes on Social Security, letting retirees keep more and pushing solvency past the 2034 ...

A French civil servant functioned normally with 90 percent of his brain missing. How is this possible? Research reveals intelligence may be distributed throughout your entire body.