Twenty-seven years ago, a group of physicists made an accidental discovery that flipped mathematics on its head. The physicists were trying to work out the details of string theory when they observed ...

It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education. Still, the average student in the United States remains nearly a half a grade behind pre-pandemic achievement in math and reading, ...

Support trusted local news with a donation today. Give now for a chance to get your gift MATCHED. How do Connecticut’s eighth-graders stack up in math against students from Korea? Italy? Australia?

When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows your true face without reversing ...

The fine new “Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze” exhibition serves two purposes for the Museum of Science and Industry. It gives the museum a permanent exhibit that covers, in its way, mathematics, ...