How they’re using AI at the lab that created the atom bomb.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

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, ...

Today Merle received this year’s Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for his achievements. The prize comes with a $3-million ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

GPT-5.4 Pro cracked a conjecture in number theory that had stumped generations of mathematicians, using a proof strategy that ...

When was the last time you had to put pen to paper and solve an equation like you used to at school? A simple-looking sum was posted to X this week by Break the Silos, that has left self-proclaimed ...

The University of Wyoming's Lauren Kim has solved a persistent problem in the cutting-edge field of high-entropy alloys, a ...