Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why.

In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is ...
WUSF Public Media

AI solved one of math's hardest problems. Humanity learned nothing (so far)

OpenAI beat humans to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, but mathematicians say the AI's solution isn't telling them much.
Opinion
Center for American ProgressOpinion

5 Evidence-Based Strategies To Improve U.S. K-12 Math Achievement in Wake of 2025 PISA Results

As newly released scores on the global PISA exam show U.S. students trailing other advanced nations in mathematics, federal and state policymakers must act urgently to invest in math education and ...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

New Project Led by Neil Heffernan Focuses on Students’ Misconceptions When Learning Math

Find out about the lifelong benefits of experiential, hands-on learning through project work. WPI offers more than 70 degree ...
The Des Moines Register

These school districts in Iowa are improving math scores. Here's how.

After COVID-19, the U.S. witnessed a nation-wide decline in math scores for PK-12 students. In response, Iowa has passed new legislation re-emphasizing math in schools. In 2025, Gov. Kim Reynolds ...
The Guardian

UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills

Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behind A math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a ...
Wall Street Journal

AI Just Had Another Math Breakthrough—With Help From a High-School Dropout

On a recent Sunday night, an employee at Anthropic was out for a jog in San Francisco, opened the Claude app on his phone and instructed the outrageously powerful AI model in his pocket to solve the ...
The Atlantic

Something Weird Is Happening in Math

One of the winners of this year’s Fields Medal is headed to OpenAI. Last Thursday, Jacob Tsimerman was one of four mathematicians awarded the prestigious honor, which is sometimes called the Nobel ...
Scientific American magazine

Math can help reduce traffic jams

Millions of people will take to the roads this holiday season, only to end up spending frustrating hours sitting in traffic jams. Congestion costs drivers time, fuel and patience – while also ...
Fast Company

A Harvard mathematician and an AI model may have cracked an 87-year-old math problem

A young mathematician teamed up with a new AI model to tackle one of the hardest open problems in mathematics, and the result is causing a stir among mathematicians and AI researchers on X. Levent ...
Military Times

Move over, ASVAB? Marines seek better way to predict troop success

"How did someone like me who barely passed the ASVAB test end up here?" Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz said during a senior enlisted leaders forum last week. (Lance Cpl. James ...
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#3- 1993ish - We were only Freshmen

n this episode of A Most Unpredictable Life, Jeremy's back from a wedding in Maryland and a trip to Virginia to watch his son Noah graduate from Coast Guard EM 'A' School and earn his promotion to EM3 ...