Scientific advances – including the recent discovery of gravitational waves – force us to deal with numbers so extreme they’re virtually inconceivable.
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Tracing over maths problems can enhance students’ learning of more advanced mathematical content and multi-step problems.
The magic and wonder of the mathematics of straight lines in curved spaces is best explained when you look to nature for examples.
The largest known prime number has been discovered. But what does it all mean?
You might think statisticians could work out if a player has been cheating – it’s not that simple.
Scientists have found that cancer growth follows the same mathematical law that predicts earthquakes.
You wouldn’t feel so confident about claiming you weren’t good at reading, so why is it okay to be openly negative about mathematics?
Maths! It can turn poor darts players into slightly better ones.
Scientists have used maths to explain why some cats’ fur makes them look like they’re wearing a tuxedo.
2013 was the year of Gonski; 2014 the year of higher education reform; 2015 has been the year of … hmmm … wait, what actually happened this year? Just a lot of chat really, with much debate, but little…
A Japanese mathematician says he’s proved a famous unsolved conjecture. The problem is, nobody can understand the solution he’s put forth.
The first digits of numbers in a data set aren’t distributed equally. And now you know more than a lot of fraudsters do – and should – when they’re making up their phony numbers.
Don’t worry – there are only 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 configurations.
Einstein’s theory of general relativity is a triumph of reason and imagination, of art and science, with a profound beauty of its own.
Special relativity was inspired, but it took true genius to conceive of general relativity. Had Einstein not come up with it, it may have taken decades for us to figure it out.
More students are taking Advanced Placement calculus in high school. They may be learning techniques for solving certain problems at the expense of the mathematical foundations they need to advance.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th century. His story is told in the movie The Man Who Knew Infinity, screening tonight in selected cinemas in Australia.
It is those who know how to think nimbly, creatively and responsibly that end up building extraordinary careers.
Some public schools have switched to a four-day school week. What does it change?
When you see a repeating pattern, your mind easily imagines it continuing to infinity. There are mathematical rules behind the intriguing visuals.
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