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Top Mathematics Prize Awarded to a Woman for First Time
A female mathematician has won the most prestigious prize in math for the first time, a hugely symbolic breakthrough for gender equality in one of the most male-dominated areas of academic research....
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Why You Should Think Twice About Helping Your Kid With Math
If the thought of calculating a tip at a restaurant makes you nervous, then you are not alone. Math anxiety is common worldwide. Math anxiety can lead to poor performance and also deter people from...
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New Google Doodle Honors Prolific Mathematician George Boole’s 200th Birthday
Monday’s Google Doodle honors what would have been the 200th birthday of famed mathematician George Boole, whose research played a significant role in the 20th century’s digital revolution. Boole...
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Breakthrough Prize Gives Out $22 Million in Science Awards
The Breakthrough Prize organization gave a total of $22 million in award money on Sunday to scientists, mathematicians, and researchers who have made “fundamental discoveries about the universe, life,...
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Why the Long Search for the Value of Pi Was Important
The number represented by pi (π) is used in calculations whenever something round (or nearly so) is involved, such as for circles, spheres, cylinders, cones and ellipses. Its value is necessary to...
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British Professor Gets Math’s Top Prize for Proving a 350-Year-Old Theorem
British professor Sir Andrew Wiles was awarded mathematics’ most prestigious prize this week, for providing the proof to a theorem that had stymied everyone in the field for over 350 years. Wiles was...
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Why It Matters Where You Go to College as a STEM Major
Think it doesn’t matter where you study engineering or computer science since all STEM majors make big bucks? You may have gotten at impression from recent studies and advice suggesting that techies...
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Alabama Teacher Gave Her Students a Ridiculously Inappropriate Math Test
On the eve of retiring from her long career as an educator at Burns Middle School in Mobile, Ala., a teacher gave a math test that students and parents say had racist overtones and references to...
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