(THE CONVERSATION) Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as ...

After years of assigning the kind of homework she had done as a student and observing students’ disengagement with it, a teacher overhauled how she assigns math practice.

Ancient pots decorated with a dainty floral pattern may be hiding a much deeper secret: the origins of mathematical thought.

When Alfred University Math Professor Amanda Lipnicki took up knitting as an undergraduate student, she didn’t immediately recognize how mathematics and geometry underlay the patterns of stitches ...

What if your word processor could not only understand your needs but also anticipate them? With the 2025 update to Microsoft Word, that vision is closer to reality than ever. Packed with innovative ...

At the annual Bridges conference, mathematical creativity was on dazzling display. By Siobhan Roberts It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the Dutch sculptor Rinus Roelofs organizes his life ...

Microsoft Word users with new laptops can consider Microsoft 365, a paid subscription service offering access to various Microsoft applications and cloud storage. Free alternatives like Google Docs, ...

Mathematics may not be the first thing people associate with Alzheimer's disease research. But for Pedro Maia, an assistant professor of mathematics and data science at The University of Texas at ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

The portly, balding sculptor-turned-architect must have drawn a few curious gazes as he set up a complicated painting apparatus in the corner of a Renaissance-era piazza. He planted his instrument, ...

Auburn, N.Y. – As a child, artist Werner Sun spent hours folding origami and making geometric forms out of construction paper. That early exposure to shapes and patterns led Sun not only to his career ...

Gijon, an Aaron program that Cohen debuted in 2007, created jungle-like scenes—distinct from the figures created by the previous version of the software, Aaron KCAT. Whitney Museum of American Art, ...