Dylan Kane likes his math curriculum. But there’s one important piece missing, he says. The 7th grade math teacher in Leadville, Colo., uses a program that teaches math skills through real-world ...

Giraffe intelligence surprises scientists as the animals perform simple mental addition to choose larger hidden food rewards.

The bat-and-ball problem is a famous math puzzle that more than half of people—even Harvard graduates—get wrong. It's ...

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in ...

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

Instagram user Erin shared videos of her three-year-old son, Declan, solving large math problems that have caught the attention of thousands online. In one clip, Declan works through the addition ...

AI infrastructure startup Tensordyne has taped out its first commercial accelerator, with fabrication on TSMC's 3nm process ...

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

The Trump administration wants a useful quantum computer in two years. Microsoft wants one in three. Independent researchers ...

As a result, researchers are exploring ways to embed better logic into AI. The goal isn’t so much to make LLMs smarter; it’s ...